By DEMOLA AKINYEMI
Kwara State government has committed N2.2billion on construction and rehabilitation of rural roads across the three senatorial zones of the state.
Also the government has outlawed cutting of roads without permission and outline stiffer sanctions for prospective offenders.
The state Commissioner for Works and Transport, Dr. Amuda Kannike, said this while inspecting the roads with his team.
He had earlier inaugurated a committee to go going round the state to ensure that roads are not cut.
The commissioner explained that out of the sum, a total sum of N630million has been spent on drainage and re-asphalting of Fate-GSS roads as well as extension of Shango-Polytechnic road.
According to him,"the development was meant to open up some communities that had been cut-off due to erosion problem in the state".
He said that, the present administration is committed to adding values to the socio economic development of the rural areas in the state.
Kannike however noted that, the call for the setting up of the potholes police or roads minders in the state was to ensure that all the roads across the state are well protected for future attainment.
He said that, the roads minders would be going across the state to check mate the activities of those that may wanted to cut the state roads for either for water pipes, telecommunication cables among others.
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