From the industrial town, Ogun State gathers some of the biggest of revenues that serve as budgetary elixir every month. For years, the subject of who takes responsibility for Ota roads has been a game of chess between Ogun State and the Federal Government. In The Famished Road, novelist Ben Okri explores the mystique of the road – the myth that Azaro’s father tells him about the “King of the Road”, who is always famished. In The Famished Road, novelist Ben Okri explores the mystique of the road – the myth that Azaro’s father tells him about the “King of the Road”, who is always famished. The other day, activist Hassan Soweto made a most eloquent case for the rehabilitation of Ota roads.

Source: The Guardian December 04, 2021 06:54 UTC