Osun State Airport Project On Track – Osun Govt

[Defender]

Osun State government has disclosed its resolve  to go ahead with the execution of airport project to facilitate socio-economic activities in the state.

This was disclosed by the Special Adviser (SA) to the Governor on Works and Transport, Engineer Sabitu Amudah at this year's ministerial press briefing held at the Local Government Service Commission, within the state government secretariat in Osogbo.

In his address, he disclosed that the project would be a medium-sized airport for passengers and cargo flight, adding that the state government has gained the consent of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) for the project.

The airport project, according to the Special Adviser, is to complement the Omoluabi Free Trade Zone of the administration.

Amudah disclosed that the administration has concluded the award of the design and preparation of tender, for the construction of road projects across major towns in the state.

The projects include; Osogbo East bye-pass, dualisation of Osogbo-Ilesa road, Osogbo-Ibokun road, Gbongan-Akoda road and the rehabilitation of selected roads in Osogbo town.

He added that tender for the rehabilitation of some roads in Ilesa, Osogbo and Gbongan-Orile-Owu-Ajegunle to link Ijebu-Igbo roads have already been concluded and just waiting for award to contractors.

Furthermore, the SA maintained that the state government has further entered into agreement with the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), which would enable the state government to provide coaches to convey persons and goods on the Lagos-Ibadan-Osogbo axis.

According to him, the administration in the state would ensure free flow of traffic in the state by next year, through the combined effort of Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) and officials of the Osun Traffic Management Enforcement Committee (OTRAMEC).

"The state is also to ensure massive road maintenance by using some members of the OYES volunteer corps, who are trained engineers, after the ministry might have given them professional training", Amudah added.

Osun Defender