Nigerians React As President Buhari Avoids Lagos Road, Takes Flight To Seme
Reactions are flying around online after President Muhammadu Buhari avoided the Lagos/Badagry Expressway and took a flight to Seme to attend a Summit.
President Buhari at the summit in Seme
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President Buhari attended the official handover of the new Economic Community of West African States border posts in Badagry with Patrice Talon of the Republic of Benin.
Nigerians are expressing their dissatisfaction with the President taking a flight to the summit as many believed he did this to avoid the stress and pains experienced by Lagosians on the road.
Traditional ruler, Akran of Badagry, Aholu Menu Toyi I who described the raod as an embarrassment. He said: “We are appealing to our amiable president to, as a matter of urgency, start reconstruction of the road. As a father of all traditional rulers in Badagry Division, I have written a request to President Buhari on the repair of the road and I’m hopeful that he will read it.”
Aholu of Kweme Kingdom, Badagry, Oba Sejiro Olalekan mentioned that it would have been better if the President took the road to the summit so as to experience what Badagry indigenes are going through.
He said: “You cannot build this kind of gigantic building here and our roads will not be in order. Seme is the most lucrative border we have but the road leading to Badagry and Seme is bad. We spent more than four to five hours coming from Lagos to Badagry, which is supposed to be 45 minutes. We are pleading that our president would look into major roads leading to the gigantic building. This road is our major concern now.”
There were also many recations posted on Twitter, among which are:
Alaka ibrahim@ibim91: “I wish he (could) come by road and see what we are going through on an international road…Opening a border without a good road…”.Ajayi Michael@titanium_mind said: “I really hope @mbuhari plies that route though. If the road is free of traffic, it can never be free of potholes. Potholes are an understatement. Death holes would be better.”
Olomu Ayodele Cephas@CephasOlomu: “Really wish that Mr. President would travel through by road to connect Seme border, to see what people in this axis are facing on a daily basis. His men should also do a comparison of the two sides of the border post…to Benin and to Nigeria. Hope they will notice the difference. Please, make sure you access the border through the beautiful road of Badagry expressway, starting from Mile2 through Alakija, Ojo Barracks, Okoko and Okokomaiko. You will be glad you did.”
Lyor Johnson Akinbobola@JohnsonLyor: “You still haven’t got what we are saying. There’s no road from Mile2 to the said border. FG needs to be more proactive. FG must rise to the task.”
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