In a video shared on X by a resident, Hauwa Allahbura, some school children were seen struggling to pass a major road leading to their schools

Pupils and office workers were made to stay back at their homes as major roads in Ogun State were inaccessible on Wednesday morning due to heavy rainfall.

In a video shared on X by a resident, Hauwa Allahbura, some school children were seen struggling to pass a major road leading to their schools. 

Hauwa wrote: “Ogun State this morning. Students cannot go to school and workers cannot go to work. Why on earth would you think I would stop speaking about #Dapofixogunroads

In another separate video, the residents were seen lamenting as flood took over a newly constructed bridge in their community

“This is a new bridge, but due to the little rain that called just now (people could not pass again). This is what we faced everyday,” one of the residents said.

Governor Dapo Abiodun was recently a subject of backlashes over poor state of roads in the state. 

Amid the outcry, the state governor budgeted a total of N2.4billion for the purchase of 25 Toyota Sports Utility Vehicles for members of the state House of Assembly.

Christened “Budget of Sustained Growth and Development”, the governor claimed the figure was made up of N415.66 billion capital expenditure and N287.37 billion recurrent expenditure

In the breakdown of the budget, N2,177,700,000.00 was approved for the procurement of “25 NO OF TOYOTA PRADO VX, AUTO, LEATHER SEAT, HIGH GRADE” under the state House of Assembly.

Also N161,772,000.00 was earmarked for the for procurement of one Toyota LC3003.5L, twin turbo for the House speaker. 

The budget also revealed that N143,106,000.00 was meant for the purchase of one Toyota LC300GX, 4.0L under the state assembly. 

Under the “Office of the Governor”, a total amount of N18,971,887,528.84 was earmarked for provision of contingencies to address unforeseen circumstances.