Remember that childhood game of “Snakes and Ladders”? Sadly, the Sagamu-Benin Expressway in Ogun State feels more like a perpetual descent down a rickety, pothole-ridden chute than a smooth climb toward progress. On a recent trip to Epe, I had to pass through this expressway, and it was a horrifying experience. The state of the road, coupled with the terrible traffic, made it a journey I wouldn’t wish to undertake again any time soon. This critical artery, connecting the economic powerhouse of Lagos to the heart of the South-South region, has become a motorist’s nightmare, a national Continue reading →