Oke-Aro Road in shambles: Citizens urge Ogun Government to intervene

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00:00The current condition of the road in Okiaro, a community under IFO local government in Ogun state is alarming.

00:10Residents are crying out for help. Their major road has been in this bad state for years,

00:17and the total neglect is doing real harm to their daily lives.

00:22People living in that route shared their pain with us. They talked about how the bad road affects everything.

00:40The struggle they all had to face daily commuting this road.

00:45From children getting to school, to workers trying to reach their jobs, and even small businesses trying to survive.

00:53Transport is hard, and the cost of moving goods and services around is rising.

01:00Community leaders are tired and angry. They say they have begged the government again and again, but all to no avail.

01:10Most people living in power don't need to', but they go out to a club and they're trapped in the camp.

01:20Because we also lived in the yard in the land, where I grew up with a lot of business growth,

01:24people living in the land, and they were living in their homes.

01:30many people feel during election time government remembers them but now that the election times are

01:48over all their plea are falling to a deaf ear the people of okaru are speaking with one voice

01:56fix our road they need the state government to act now

02:19fixing this road will bring back hope and ease the burden of moving around

02:24the time to act is now