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Ogun Govt begins clean-up, redesigning of Sango-Ota drainge network
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta
Relief will soon come the way of residents of Sango-Ota as the Ogun State government is to immediately embark on clean-up and re-designing of all drainage network in the ancient town.
Commissioner for Environment, Mr Ola Oresanya said this when he visited the town on an environmental inspection tour.
Oresanya said the exercise which is in conjunction with the Ado-Odo Local Government, Traditional Chiefs and Communities Development Associations will apart from cleaning and redesigning of all existing drainage network also maintain and construct news ones where necessarily. He said this will not only bring relief to the residents but will preserve government investment in road infrastructure in the town.
“The State Government has commenced lots of roads in Ota-Ijoko, Ojuore and Idiroko Road have been completed.These are investmet in infrastructure and one thing that will threaten them is drainage issue.
“So we want to preserve them through good drainage network as we don’t want a situation where we are careless and come back next year and find out that the roads are gone,” Oresanya added.
The Commissioner also said the State Government will work with the Local Government authorities to curb street trading as this will change the traffic flow in the town.
Contributing, the Chairman of Ado Odo Ota Local Government,Hon Sheriff Adewale Musa affirm the collaboration with the Sate Government on the clean-up and redesigning of drainage network as well as street trading saying that the exercises will be painless to the residents of Sango-Ota.
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Installation of e-gates at airports is to enhance national security – Minister
Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo says the installation of e-gates at the five international airports in the country will enhance national security.
He also said it would ensure seamless processing of passengers coming into and going out of the country.
The minister made the remarks on Friday when he inspected the newly installed e-gates at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
Tunji-Ojo said that from the preliminary test conducted, it will take less than 30 seconds to process passengers with valid passports, thus reducing the delays and inconveniences hitherto faced by passengers.
He said about 21 e-gates would be installed at Lagos airport by the end of April, while those in Kano, Port Harcourt, and Enugu would be ready by the third week of May.
“Having tested it on various scenarios, we saw that a Nigerian carrying a valid passport will only take less than 30 seconds to be checked in, which I think is a record time.
“We have also tested it with people carrying other people’s passport, and we saw that it is practically impossible for people to use another person’s passport to gain entrance into the country unlike in the past.
“With what we have also seen, it is practically impossible to enter into the country with an expired passport,“ he added.
According to him, the scanners will enhance the nation’s security architecture and enable immigration officials to work seamlessly.
The minister thanked President Bola Tinubu for his support towards making the project a reality.
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