Despite the huge contributions to the commerce and business activities by the presence of the Synagogue Church of All Nations [SCOAN] in Ikotun, Ejogbo, Idimu and Igando, many are blaming successive Lagos State Government Administrations for the current states of infrastructure in the aforementioned areas.
Many wonder how on earth that community that receives the highest number of foreign visitors could be abandoned in a state of disrepair.
It’s not just the government’s responsibility to impress visitors, but also to provide a certain level of comfort for its people and the visitors.
Okorie Uguru, a prominent travel journalist said that successive governments in the state have had animosity that cannot be explained towards these communities that have benefited, and still through the business activities that the SCAON is pulling.
“The current state of infrastructure is not just an embarrassment to Lagos State, but Nigeria as a nation”, Uguru lamented.
According to him, all the three roads leading to SCOAN location from the international and local airports through Ajao Estate, Cele Bus Stop and Egbeda/Akowonjo are nothing but a national disgrace.
African Travel Times magazine further investigation revealed that despite these challenges of accessibility and poor infrastructure, arrival to the church has remained steady.
Uchechi Okere, a supervisor in one of the few decent and popular hotels in the area with foreign visitors near the church, noted that “Number of visitors has remained steady, but we expected that it would have increased beyond what it is now” she said.
Okere posited that in the past, more visitors come based on the number of planned programmes of the church, which unfortunately are not very frequent nowadays as it used to be.
A recent tour of Ikotun, Ejigbo, Idimu and Igando revealed not only the poor state of infrastructure but the level of poverty and unbelievable unpleasant environment the locals live in.
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