The Ogun State House of Assembly has directed the State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE) to immediately address the indiscriminate parking of vehicles under the Kuto Flyover in Abeokuta, the state capital.
The Assembly issued the directive on Tuesday through its Committee on Finance and Appropriations during the ongoing 2026 budget defence by Ministries, Departments and Agencies, while taking on the Ministry of Transportation at the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.
The Chairman of the committee, Hon. Musefiu Lamidi, tasked the agency with enforcing traffic rules and restoring order around the Kuto Roundabout to enhance public safety and traffic flow in the area.
Lamidi lamented traffic lawlessness under the Kuto Flyover, attributing the persistent gridlock at the location to driving against traffic, uncontrolled boarding and disembarking of passengers, and the loading and offloading of goods by commercial vehicles and others.
The committee also charged the Ministry of Transportation to align the development of the Gateway Airport with the State’s economic agenda to ensure the project delivers on its mandate to boost investment, connectivity, and revenue generation.
Defending the Ministry’s budget proposals, the State Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Olugbenga Dairo, disclosed that aside from the partnership with ValueJet Airline, plans were underway to establish a State-owned airline.
Dairo assured that the state would commence cargo flight operations, and situate an aircraft maintenance and repair facility at the Gateway Airport from the next fiscal year.
Heads of agencies under the Ministry, who appeared before the House Committee to defend their budget proposals, included TRACE, led by its Acting Commander, Mr. Elias Omonayajo, Gateway Airport, headed by Mr. Dapo
Olumide and the Vehicle Inspection Office, led by Mr. Ademeyin Olugboyega.
Similarly, the commissioner, while speaking at his office earlier, also revealed plans of the state moving a step ahead to become the ‘future city’ as Modern Bus Terminals have been programmed to adorn the city for better transport delivery next year.
He stated this during an interview in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, saying the project was a federal government initiative aimed at consolidating transport activities in the capital city.
“As far as bus corridor is concerned, our focus is on consolidating terminals, and we are working with the Federal Government to create new multi-dimensional modern bus terminals, as is the case in Lagos State. What the Federal Government has done is to intervene in each geo-political zone in Nigeria, to build bus terminals which are better organised than what we have at our various parks and garages,” he added.
