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The Ogun State House of Assembly has invited the Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Ade Akinsanya, his Environment counterpart, Ola Oresanya, as well as the Special Adviser to the Governor (State Public Works Agency) to appear before it on Tuesday, 12th August, 2025.
The invitation followed a report of a fatal truck accident at Uren bridge linking Odogbolu Local Government Area to Ikenne Local Government Area.
It was reported that the accident was caused by a narrow nature of the bridge, which is due for repairs.
DAILY POST reports that the invitation would allow for a discussion with the relevant agencies on the condition of certain roads across the state.
The Speaker, Oludaisi Elemide, issued the invitation during plenary on Thursday, following the presentation of the Minority Leader, Lukman Adeleye, who reported the accident that occured on the bridge, saying the facility is narrow, weak and needed reconstruction.
Elemide expressed condolences to the families of the victims and called for urgent interventions to forestall future occurrence.
He acknowledged and commended the government’s commitment to massive infrastructural projects across the state, pointing out that the high backlogs of infrastructural deficits inherited from the past administrations were responsible for some of the current challenges on road infrastructure in the state.
Earlier, the minority leader, Adeleye, who spoke under personal explanation, lauded the government’s ongoing efforts on road projects and urged it to extend the ongoing construction along Ikenne–Mayflower road to include rehabilitation of the bridge, describing it as a major link for commuters in the axis.
Ogun Assembly invites commissioners over fatal bridge accident
