By Olushola Okewole
Two communities in Ejigbo Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Araromi Olorunsogo Alaafia Community and Ifelodun-Ogunseye Community have both tabled their requests for assistance on construction of drainage system and upgrading of road respectively before the local government.
For Araromi Olorunsogo Alaafia community, the main assistance is for the government to help with the survey and give direction for the construction of the drains in the community.
The Secretary of Araromi Olorunsogo Alaafia Community Development Association (CDA), Alhaji Mufutau Abdullai, disclosed that the residents have already been contributing money for the construction of drains at Olorunsogo Street and Alaafia Close to channel flood out of the community to link Oboye and Balogun drains.
According to him, lack of properly constructed drains has been the major challenge, causing flood in the community whenever it rains.
He therefore appealed to the council authority to direct the council engineer to guide them on the proper construction of the drains as he also sought financial assistance from the government.
On its own part, upgrading of the community road is its priority as Ifelodun-Ogunseye community urged the local government to respond to its request.
According to the community, the long awaited desire of the residents is to have the road graded at least by the government to make it motorable.
Speaking on the project, the CDA Chairman, Mr. Sodiq Olusoga, said the road is one of the challenges faced by the residents in the community.
He said the road has been in a state of disrepair since it was last graded some years by the former council chairman, Hon. Kehinde Bamigbetan.
He declared that the road is one of the projects the CDA is looking up to the government to assist on, saying the residents are waiting for its execution as a team from the council has come to survey the road.
Olusoga stated that the CDA has been making efforts on its own to execute some other projects in the community such as erection of gates and working on the flooded area of the community.