Lagos — Indigenes and residents of Oke-Ogbe Community in Olorunda Local Council Development Area are lamenting over the neglect by the Lagos State government in the provision of social amenities to the area.They are particularly not happy over the state of their roads despite the tremendous efforts the government is doing in the area of road construction. They however appealed to the government to construct their road which is usually overtaken by gullies and flood whenever it rains.

According to the Baale of Oke-Ogbe, Monday Dansu, the construction of a road which is a 2.9km linking Oke-Ogbe to the Badagry Expressway was listed in the 2009 budget of the Lagos State government but eight months into the year, we are yet to see meaningful thing done on the road. He wondered what may have gone wrong.

He said that Oke-Ogbe residents are one of the oldest settlers in the old Badagry Local Government Area of Lagos, adding that they have suffered total neglect and marginalisation in terms of all basic amenities and infrastructure, including roads and electricity, which has brought untold hardship and pains to the entire populace of the community. The Baale said that they have made several repsentation to the state House of Assembly without any result.

"Our major concern and need that has forced us to make this appeal to the immediate and positive action by this honourable House of Assembly is the construction of the 2.9km main road linking Oke-Ogbe to the Badagry expressway and other communities around it, which is listed in the 2009 Budget off the Lagos State government, but has not yet been implemented" he said.

Dansu explained further that the children within the community no longer attend school due to the flood which has taken over whole area.

He, however, appealed to government to give prompt attention to the plight of the Oke-Ogbe indigenes and residents.