The Osun State government has disclosed that it constructed over 1000km of roads in the past 6 years.
Speaking over the weekend, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works, State of Osun, Engr. Nurudeen Adeagbo shed more light on the claim.
He said the Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola administration embarked on road construction projects across the state when he came on board in November 2010 in order to improve “the quality of living of our people, increase access to markets and drive investments into the State”.
Speaking further, Engr. Adeagbo stated that the Aregbesola administration facilitated the construction of 310km of roads across all local government areas, with a distribution of an average of 10km per LGA.
Still on inner-city roads, Engr. Adeagbo revealed that, “the government constructed the Eripa-Ila road, Ila; Olaiya-Okefia road, Osogbo; Osogbo East Bypass Road 1, Osogbo, among others.
“The government has constructed inner-city roads covering 558km”, the permanent secretary noted.
He added that, “township roads in excess of 138kms have also been completed, with the rehabilitation of Mokore farm settlement road, construction of 20km Alaguntan-Alepaanu farm Settlement Road and the construction of 5. 5Km road at farmers plank sellers’ market, Ido Osun, among others.”
A bus driver, Ganiyu Kehinde and commercial motorcyclist, Bashiru Akinsalo who spoke separately, commended the government for intensifying efforts on road construction and bringing massive infrastructure development to the state.
Ganiyu also noted that the huge number of new roads spread across the State have not only made access easier, but have also reduced the risk of accidents on the roads.
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