Nigeria, Oct. 27 -- The Ogun State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has occupied the Lagos- Abeokuta expressway to protest the deplorable state of the road.

During the protest, the angry workers described Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Works and Housing, as an "enemy of the state."

The protesters said Mr Fashola visited the state last month and promised to begin reconstruction works on the collapsed portions of the Sango road but nothing was done.

In September, the minister had said that palliative works would "soon start" on the failed portions of the expressway, including the Ota-Abeokuta highway.

On Tuesday, the NLC said its members would "shut down" the expressway on October 27 following the federal government's in...