Journalists spotted Olanrewaju Adewuyi at his self-assigned public work on Tuesday on the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway.

By Premium Times June 28, 2023 Reading Time: 1 min read

Frustrated by the negligence of the authorities, a man has taken it upon himself to manually fix a damaged portion of a major highway in Ogun State.

Journalists spotted Olanrewaju Adewuyi at his self-assigned public work on Tuesday at Aro Neuropsychiatric Hospital Road on the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway.

The good citizen loaded stones and pebbles in the booth of his Mercedes Benz car, which he was using to fill potholes that had been responsible for gridlock on the highway.


Mr Adewuyi said he considered his effort as a temporary solution pending the intervention of the government.

But he refused to rail at the government, saying citizens sometimes have to lend a hand.

“The government cannot do it all at a time, so the onus lies on us to contribute our own quotas to complement the government’s effort.”

Mr Adewuyi said he uses the road and feels the pain caused motorists and commuters by the failed portions.

“I am also a commercial driver, I often ply this road, but the hold up here since last week has been quite devastating.


“Many cars have broken down and thereby created unexpected spending for owners. So, I decided to do this to free the road of traffic jams,” Mr Adewuyi said.

Onlookers and motorists praised Mr Adewuyi for his public spiritedness.

A trader whose shop was near where Mr Adewuyi was working, Yemisi Adebayo, and a motorist, Ibiobami Joseph, commended his action and urged the state government to do the needful to fix the road quickly.

siofragspot:
What is written behind the man on the gate?

siofragspot:
What is written behind the man on the gate?

FreeStuffsNG:
This is commendable. This is one creative and constructive way to help others and draw the attention of govt to the situation. Those typing and insulting govts upandan will rather use their money to buy data and idle away online to insult everyone. They change nothing, they contribute nothing.

There's no country in the world where only govt does everything. Each patriotic citizen can lend a hand like Mr Adewuyi has done and is doing. There's a special blessing from the land for him as well.

All we need as a nation is more patriotic and hardworking citizens like him and none of the lazy, hatefilled and unpatriotic losers.
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nedu666:
Why ola, why.
Don't you know ogun igr is greater than all the south east put together. But common road dey hard dem to repair. Awon do you know awa igr

siofragspot:
What is written behind the man on the gate?