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The Governments of Lagos and Ogun States are seeking the transfer of some key federal roads to them for development so as to enhance their local economies.<\/p>\n

The roads include the Epe-Ijebu-Ode; Sagamu-Ikorodu and Lagos-Abeokuta.<\/p>\n

The states want to develop the roads and commercialise them for major economic gains.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Ogun State Governor, Mr Dapo Abiodun, and a former governor of the state, Chief Segun Osoba, met with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in Abuja where they raised the issue on behalf of the two states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Governments of Lagos and Ogun States are seeking the transfer of some key federal roads to them for development so as to enhance their local economies. The roads include the Epe-Ijebu-Ode; Sagamu-Ikorodu and Lagos-Abeokuta. The states want to develop the roads and commercialise them for major economic gains. On Thursday, Ogun State Governor, Mr […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":15980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[793,1400],"class_list":["post-21636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-abiodun","tag-ogun-states"],"yoast_head":"\nLagos, Ogun seek transfer of critical FG roads - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Governments of Lagos and Ogun States are seeking the transfer of some key federal roads to them for development so as to enhance\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/lagos-ogun-seek-transfer-of-critical-fg-roads\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lagos, Ogun seek transfer of critical FG roads\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Governments of Lagos and Ogun States are seeking the transfer of some key federal roads to them for development so as to enhance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/lagos-ogun-seek-transfer-of-critical-fg-roads\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-20T15:01:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/09\/Buhari-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1012\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/lagos-ogun-seek-transfer-of-critical-fg-roads#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/lagos-ogun-seek-transfer-of-critical-fg-roads\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"Lagos, Ogun seek transfer of critical FG roads\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-20T15:01:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/lagos-ogun-seek-transfer-of-critical-fg-roads\"},\"wordCount\":97,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/lagos-ogun-seek-transfer-of-critical-fg-roads#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/09\/Buhari-2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Abiodun\",\"Ogun States\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/lagos-ogun-seek-transfer-of-critical-fg-roads#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/lagos-ogun-seek-transfer-of-critical-fg-roads\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/lagos-ogun-seek-transfer-of-critical-fg-roads\",\"name\":\"Lagos, Ogun seek transfer of critical FG roads - 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