SEYE OLUMIDE, AYODELE AFOLABI, AZEEZ OLORUNLOMERU, ROTIMI AGBOLUAJE, SHAKIRAT ADUNOLA, ADEWALE MOMOH and TIMOTHY AGBORWere there to be an award for the world’s headquarters of abandoned projects, Nigeria would surely be a major contender for such an infamous prize.
They also stress that it is important for the country to stem the tide of project abandonment if she must not be left behind by the rest of the world as far as Sustainable Development Goals are concerned. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations members in 2015, created 17 SDGs with the aim of “peace and prosperity for people and the planet…”
Also, a report by some Civil Society Organisations in conjunction with BudgIT, MacArthur Foundation, and Tracka, indicated that about 100 constituency projects, which some federal lawmakers initiated in 22 states are allegedly lying unattended, despite budgetary allocations being released to affected parliamentarians.
Parts of the massive building have been taken over by shrubs while mentally unstable persons also inhabit parts of it, with open defecation causing the building to stink. The old Federal Government Secretariat Complex, Ikoyi, Lagos is another government edifice that is lying in waste. Abandoned in 1976 when Lagos was the capital of the country, the structure has been left to enter a derelict status.
The project was also meant to divert a lot of human and vehicular traffic away from Lagos Island and take advantage of the central location and accessibility of the proposed Oworonshoki Terminal to the Apapa Port, Ikeja Airport, and other parts of the state. Originally planned to be completed in three phases and terminated in November 2017, it is presently abandoned.
The two million metric tonnes Braithwaite overhead steel water tank, which was built to serve residents of Mosan Okunola LCDA, has also been abandoned since 1983. The water facility is one of the major facilities built within the estate by the Federal Government. The Water Tank was initiated during the administration of late former President Shehu Shagari.
The hospital, which is strategically located along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway was expected to serve more than 50 communities in the Ewekoro Local Council of the state, but years after, it has become abandoned and dilapidated. Most of it is now used for cultivating cassava, and vegetable fruits.
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