Ogun State Government has started the construction of shopping malls at three different locations within the state capital. The move is in fulfillment of the promise by Governor Ibikunle Amosun to market women and traders displaced by the ongoing road reconstruction in the state.
The Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Olamilekan Adegbite also said the action was aimed at boosting economic activities and upgrade shopping the facilities in the state to international standard. The shopping malls were being built to replace the stalls and shops that were demolished to give right of way to the two major roads in the state capital.
He said the malls were built at Itoku, Omida and Isale Igbein in Abeokuta adding that the malls would be in blocks of three and four storey building.
Arc. Adegbite also disclosed that residential apartments would be built for families and individuals whose properties were affected, adding that the construction of the residential apartments and shopping malls would be done by local artisans who had registered in the ministry.
He hinted that the government also plans to use the opportunity of the new construction works of shopping malls and residential building to provide employment and ways of improving the living standard of the local artisans in the state.
The commissioner assured that the shops and the apartment would be allocated to those whose shop and houses were affected by the road construction effort.
Adegbite added that similar constructions would be replicated in all the Senatorial Districts of the state where road construction work has affected commercial activities.
The commissioner also disclosed that contractors engaged to handle the 32 kilometer Sango-Ijoko-Akute-Alagbole road has been mobilized to site assuring that construction of the road will start any moment from now.
Via: Ogun State Government - Official Press Release