Inclusivity/Gender
Disability rights group demands inclusive design in Lagos road rehabilitation
Written By: Alaba Lambert
20 Nov 2025 04:48 AM
Ikeja, Lagos – The Centre for Infrastructural and Technological Advancement for the Blind (CITAB) has urged the Lagos State Government to immediately halt the ongoing Lekki-Ajah road rehabilitation unless accessibility features for blind and visually impaired persons are fully incorporated.
In a strongly worded press statement released recently, CITAB’s Executive Chairman, Jolomi George Fenemigho, accused the state of maintaining “a persistent pattern of neglect” toward disability inclusion in public infrastructure projects.
“The Lekki-Ajah corridor is one of the busiest in Lagos. Yet again, we are witnessing a multi-billion-naira project that risks being completed without tactile paving, audible traffic signals, properly designed kerb ramps, or any meaningful consultation with the disability community,” Fenemigho said.
He called on Governor Babajide Sanwoolu to intervene personally and transform the rehabilitation into “a national model of true inclusion,” stressing that retrofitting accessibility after construction is far more expensive and often ineffective.
CITAB warned that continued exclusion not only violates the Lagos State Special Peoples Law (2011) and the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act 2018, but also endangers the lives of blind pedestrians who rely on predictable, standardised infrastructure to navigate independently.
The group has given the state government a 14-day ultimatum to engage disability organisations and publish an updated design that meets international accessibility standards, threatening legal action if its demands are ignored.
In a strongly worded press statement released recently, CITAB’s Executive Chairman, Jolomi George Fenemigho, accused the state of maintaining “a persistent pattern of neglect” toward disability inclusion in public infrastructure projects.
“The Lekki-Ajah corridor is one of the busiest in Lagos. Yet again, we are witnessing a multi-billion-naira project that risks being completed without tactile paving, audible traffic signals, properly designed kerb ramps, or any meaningful consultation with the disability community,” Fenemigho said.
He called on Governor Babajide Sanwoolu to intervene personally and transform the rehabilitation into “a national model of true inclusion,” stressing that retrofitting accessibility after construction is far more expensive and often ineffective.
CITAB warned that continued exclusion not only violates the Lagos State Special Peoples Law (2011) and the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act 2018, but also endangers the lives of blind pedestrians who rely on predictable, standardised infrastructure to navigate independently.
The group has given the state government a 14-day ultimatum to engage disability organisations and publish an updated design that meets international accessibility standards, threatening legal action if its demands are ignored.
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