The governors of Lagos and Ogun states have asked President Muhammadu Buhari for permission to take over Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta Expressway.
During a visit to the president on Thursday, Dapo Abiodun, the Ogun state governor, said the road will be tolled if the president approves that the states take over the road.
According to Tolu Ogunlesi, the special assistant to the president on digital media, Abiodun also asked that the state government be allowed to repair the Agbara-Atan road and get a refund from the federal government.
“The Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta Road is probably the second busiest road in this country,” Abiodun told state correspondents after the meeting.
“Roads are in such deplorable condition and we understand that the Federal Government cannot afford to build all the roads at the same time.
“The Lagos state government and I have written to Mr President, asking Mr President to transfer that road to us.
“It is a commercial road and we will commercialise it so that we can take that burden off the federal government.
“I am glad to say that Mr President was very pleased with these our discussions and these applications and has promised to see what he will do to give us the necessary support so that this can also help us in the economic uplift of our region.”
In June, the federal government had announced that states would no longer get refunds for fixing federal roads.