EGBA ECONOMIC SUMMIT PLEADS WITH MINISTER OF WORKS TO COMPLETE IDI ABA ROAD

Egba Economic Summit Group is worried over the danger that the delay in completing Abeokuta Ajebo road poses to economic development and security.

In a letter dated 16th January 2026 signed by the President of the Summit. Dr.Gbenga Adeoye, 8 issues that calls for worries was raised.

The summit also copied the Alake and Paramount Ruler of Egbaland, The Osile, the Olowu, former Governor Olusegun Osoba the Akinrogun of Egbaland and Babalaje of Egbaland; Chief Olusegun Osunkeye.

A copy of the letter made available to newsmen in Abeokuta reads :

We bring warm greetings to you and your entire team on the various Renewed Hope Projects going on across the country. One of it, is the Lagos Calabar Coastal Highway which also passed through Ijebu Water Side in Ogun State as well as the award of Badagry Sokoto Road which passed through Soyoye Rounder area in Abeokuta. The night repairs of Sango-Abeokuta Road is also worthy of note and commendable. We appreciate that. 

Egba Economic Summit Group is a non-partisan body whose sole aim is economic development; and as such, we commend President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR and the performing members of the cabinet which includes you as the minister of works.

While we have a duty to commend the government when we see performance, we also have a collective duty imposed on us as Egba people to call the attention of government to any project(s) that is of economic importance especially where execution of such project (s) is slow, stagnant and sometimes, not even conceived. 

In view of the above, we hereby call your attention to the slow pace of work on ABEOKUTA IDI-ABA-OGTV-AJEBO-OBAFEMI-EXPRESS ROAD which passed through the Federal Medical Centre in Abeokuta all the way through OGTV to Obafemi and Ajebo to link Lagos Ibadan Express Way. 

We also request that you ensure the designed standard is not lowered after the segment that passed through Abeokuta City, especially in areas that passed through villages as contractors have a way of dropping standards after leaving the main city, thereby reducing durability in some parts of the road.

In addition to the above request; we are deeply worried over the project for the following reasons: 

1. The project has dragged for too long having been awarded during the administration of President Buhari.
2. The segment in the town from Federal Medical Centre up to Chrisland University appears good but shortly after, it has become difficult for people to drive through (See Pictures in Appendix 1-3)
3. The newly established Federal University of Medicine and Medical Sciences (FUMMSA) has its 170 hectares permanent site on the same road at Ajibayo Village and there is no way they can move from their current temporary site to that location if that road construction remains abandoned, stagnant, or slow (See Pictures in Appendix 4-5 showing the University’s signboard)
4. The road is an alternative road to the old Ibadan Abeokuta road via  Apata, Bakatari, Ilugun and Odeda to Adatan in Abeokuta and that also need attention.
5. The road passed through the state-owned Television Station; OGTV.
6. The road is capable of transforming the economic landscape of Obafe-Ajebo area in that, the diversion of the road at Owojo to pass through Oyebola to Alapako- Oni will create an industrial hub around Ajebo town and villages like, Erunwon, Abiona Mosafejo and Olosun among others.
7. The road is useful in decongesting regular traffic and gridlocks at Ogere axis of Lagos Ibadan expressway as motorist going to Abeokuta from Ibadan and vice versa will not need to drive through Abeokuta-Sagamu Interchange.
8. Excavation done on the road has now made life very difficult for motorist, whereas it was a smooth drive through as well as a short-cut to Ibadan when it was constructed by the administration of Chief Olusegun Osoba during his tenure as the governor of Ogun State.

In view of the above, WE PLEAD THAT URGENT ACTION BE TAKEN TO ENSURE SPEEDY COMPLETION OF THE ROAD as it will have direct positive impact on the economy of Egbaland, Ogun state and Nigeria.

While wishing you all the best in the new year, we pray that funds will be available to your ministry to get this project and other ongoing projects completed soonest. 

Please accept our best regards and be assured of our support at all times.

Yours Faithfully,


Dr. Gbenga Adeoye. LLB, LLM, BL, MSc., FCTI, FCA, PhD.
President, Egba Economic Summit Group

CC: The Alake & Paramount Ruler of Egbaland. Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo
     The Osile of Oke Ona of Egbaland, Oba Adedapo Tejuoso
    The Olowu of Owu Kingdom, Prof. Saka Adelola Matemilola
     Akinrogun of Egbaland; Chief Olusegun Osoba.
   The Babalaje of Egbaland; Chief Olusegun Osunkeye

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