The Ogun State Government on Friday said the Obong of Calabar, His Royal Majesty, Edidem Abasi, directed his attack on the deplorable state of the Abeokuta–Ibadan Road at the wrong quarters.

Obong, who is the Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, had on Thursday lamented the poor state of some roads in the state.

But the state government, in a statement by the Special Adviser on Works, Ade Akinsanya, said the road belongs to the Federal Government.

He said the administration of Governor Dapo Abiodun had been giving quality and adequate attention to all roads in the state, covering federal, state and local governments roads. This, he said, had led to the rehabilitation of over 400 roads.

According to Akinsanya, the contract for the rehabilitation of the road has been awarded to Kopek, which already started work from the Ibadan end. He noted that the state government started working on the road from Adatan in Abeokuta, but that the Federal Government directed the state government to stop construction at Moore Junction because it asked Kopek to take over the road.

Akinsanya noted that the state government had yet to receive any major refund from the Federal Government the money expended on federal roads.

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