Nigeria’s Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, says the Federal Government will soon begin palliative repairs on failing expansion joints along key bridges.
She listed Kara, Arepo, and Magboro bridges on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway as critical points where urgent interventions are planned.
Kesha spoke to journalists on Saturday while responding to a recent crash involving an 18-seater commercial bus at Arepo bus stop on Friday.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that several passengers sustained serious injuries in the incident.
According to Kesha, the accident resulted from a structural failure at one of the expansion joints.
She expressed concern over the worsening condition of expansion joints, especially around the three bridges.
“Some are now showing signs of failure, and the Federal Government is addressing the issue,” she said.
She stated that palliative works will be the first step in resolving the problem.
Kesha revealed that a contractor currently operating in the area has been instructed to start repairs this weekend.
These are temporary measures, pending official approval for full-scale rehabilitation of the affected bridges.
However, Kesha pointed out that vandalism plays a significant role in the early deterioration of some infrastructure.
“Some of these failures result from acts of vandalism,” she stated.
She appealed to Nigerians to change their attitude towards public infrastructure.
“Damaging public property does not benefit any responsible citizen,” Kesha stressed.
Apologising for the inconvenience and past accidents, she urged citizens to treat public assets as collective responsibility.
“Let us regard these facilities as our own property,” she said.
She encouraged the public to report any acts of vandalism to law enforcement authorities.
“Offenders must be apprehended so that others can learn from it,” she added.
Kesha reaffirmed the government’s commitment to safer roads and called for public cooperation in protecting national assets.
Adetola Adegbayi identifies requirements for attaining good retirement amid economic headwinds
How to attain good retirement amid prevailing economic headwinds, has been great challenge to many people, but the Founder Mutual Specialists, Adetola Adegbayi, has helped provided an answer by identifying steps that should be adopted.
Adetola Adegbayi, who was the Keynote Speaker at the recently held 2025 Inspenonline Retirement Summit in Lagos, whilst speaking on the theme: ‘Attaining Good Retirement Amid Economic Headwinds’ shared practical steps that should be taken to attain good retirement.
According to her, there should be personal finance experts to effectively educate the public, as against product sales agents who are keen on just selling products.
She also noted that there should be financial risk management experts and not promoters of pseudo gambling.
Adetola craved financial structuring/engineering and not financial swindling.
Other solutions are: Financial education specialists and not just commissioned sales agents.
Adherence to 30-30-30-10 rule, which entails active life(Living expenses; discretionary spending; savings and debts repayment, while retirement plan(Bonds; stock & shock; real estate/property and cash)
She submitted that there should be a national wealth management initiative and not just a national budget and that there should be calculated risk taking and not greed, whereby those who want to take get taken.
Adetola Adegbayi’s submissions were supported by the former Commissioner for Insurance Fola Daniel; who was the Chairman of the event; Chairman STI Leasing Limited Tom Ogboi; Managing Consulting Motodols Consults Mrs Folashade Onanuga, Commissioner for Insurance Olusegun Omosehin and many other dignitaries, who advocated early planning and financial prudence as also good tools for good retirement.
