President Muhammadu Buhari is expected in Lagos State on Wednesday on an official one-day working visit to commission several projects.
The president’s visit was made known in a statement on Tuesday on Facebook.
Some of the projects to be commissioned are the rehabilitated 10-lane Oshodi-Muritala Muhammed International Airport Road; the 170-Bed ‘Ayinke House’ (Maternity Hospital)) at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) Ikeja.
Others are the Lagos State Theatre at Oregun, Ikeja; new 820 Mass Transit Buses and the multi-level Oshodi Transport Interchange along the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway.
The statement also said the government would be diverting traffic on some major roads as part of efforts to ensure hitch-free movement.
“The Presidential visit will hold between the hours of 9.00am and 3.00pm during which traffic along the following routes shall be diverted: Mobolaji Bank-Anthony Way (coming from the Presidential Wing of Murtala Mohammed Airport to LASUTH Under Bridge), Kodesoh Road, Obafemi Awolowo Way, Kudirat Abiola Way, Ikorodu Road (between Ojota Intersection and Anthony Interchange), Oworonshoki-Apapa Expressway (between Anthony and Oshodi Transport Interchange), International Airport Road through the Local Wing of the airport to Mobolaji Bank-Anthony Way and back to Obafemi Awolowo Way,” it said.
The statement also said the roads highlighted above would only be cordoned-off when necessary, however, Obafemi Awolowo Way and portions of Mobolaji Bank-Anthony would be closed to traffic on three occasions within the specified period.
