More than 36 months since the Lagos State Government started the construction of the Opebi-Mende-Ojota Link Bridge, it has yet to complete it.

Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in a statement he shared about the project on his X page on Monday, praised the project’s benefits but failed to state when it would be completed.

He also failed to acknowledge the delays that have stalled the project’s completion.

“The Opebi-Mende-Ojota Link Bridge is a major milestone in our commitment to tackling traffic congestion. This critical project will cut travel time, ease gridlocks, and enhance connectivity for thousands of Lagosians daily,” Sanwo-Olu wrote.

“Designed to solve long-standing traffic challenges, this bridge represents our vision for a modern, efficient and accessible Lagos. Soon, residents will experience seamless movement like never before.”

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However, this is not the first time the government has made promises about the bridge’s completion.

On December 5, 2023, Sanwo-Olu announced that the project would be finished by the second quarter of 2024.

Olufemi Daramola, Special Adviser Office of Infrastructure, also assured journalists during a tour of the area on June 29 that the project would be completed by the end of 2024.

However, when FIJ visited the project on December 31, the project was still under construction and the work was far from being completed.

Sanwo-Olu flagged off this link bridge project on January 26, 2022, with officials stating it would be completed within 24 months, counting from February 2022.

A July 2 report claimed the project was 85 per cent complete, even though residents of Odo-Iya Alaro had complained about its slow progress.

When FIJ visited the office of Tokunbo Ajala, Director of Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation, in July 2023, he maintained that the project was on a 24-month timeline. This contradicted residents’ claims that the government had initially promised an 18-month completion period.

“That road didn’t begin in December 2021. We flagged off in January 2022. We did not promise 18 months; we said 24 months, and this pronouncement was made by the governor himself in February 2022,” Ajala told FIJ at the time.

Despite Ajala’s claims, a Nairametrics report showed the project should have been completed by June 2023. Several months past that deadline, Lagosians are still waiting for its completion and the governor offers only promises.