Festac People Don Cry Say Federal Government Don Abandon Their Roads

Residents of FESTAC Town for Lagos don vex say Federal Government don forget di major roads wey don spoil for dia area. Dem accuse FG say e never keep promise to fix di bad roads even after dem talk say workers and equipment don enter site. Under di group wey dem call Take Back FESTAC, di Chairman, Velentine Uduebo, yarn say na only local government dey try small small for now. According to am, di work wey dey go on for 51 Road and 52 Road na project wey Amuwo Odofin Local Government Chairman start. E talk say dem even see like three people from FERMA for di council chairman office, but since dat day, dem never see any Federal Government tractor for di road. Uduebo still talk say roads for First Avenue, Second Avenue, Fourth Avenue and Seventh Avenue don turn eyesore as no federal presence dey anywhere.

Di treasurer of di group, Chima Nwike, come hail di Amuwo Odofin Council Chairman, Prince Lanre Sanusi, for di small road works wey e don start for di community. E beg lawmakers for both state and federal level make dem join hand with di council to fix di roads and bring better development. Nwike talk say enough don reach of all dis APC, PDP and LP politics, say people for FESTAC need better governance and no be empty talk. Meanwhile, di spokesperson for di Federal Housing Authority, Kenneth Chigelu, beg di residents make dem get patience, say di authority dey try with di small resources wey dem get and dem dey work together with di council on rehabilitation plans. Dis na di second time in two months wey FESTAC people don cry out as dem remind government say di once-celebrated estate don suffer long neglect since dem build am in 1977.