Road construction not election bait –Osun
By Fisayo Akinduro, Osogbo
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Osun State Government has described its recent critical intervention and emergency maintenance of 25 roads spanning 200km across the State, as part of the commitment of the Oyetola-led administration to prioritise the welfare of citizens.
The government debunked insinuations that it was fixing roads as election bait, adding that its infrastructural interventions had been a sustained effort that even COVID-19 could not disrupt.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Works and Transport, Olatoke Olaniyan, disclosed this during a press conference in Osogbo.
He said the fact that election was six months away doesn’t mean that governance should stop.
Olaniyan, who described Oyetola’s administration as responsible and responsive, said the government could not afford to leave its people to continue to suffer untold hardship caused by those roads.
He appealed for the cooperation of citizens with the government, towards ensuring prompt completion of the critical intervention and emergency maintenance projects before the rainy season.
In his remark, the Commissioner for Works and Transport, Remi Omowaye, said Oyetola’s administration was doing a lot to transform the State, charging members of the public to ignore naysayers.
The locations where the project is ongoing across the state include: Ife zone, having Ipetumodu-Ode-Omu road with a length of 5.83km, linking Ife North and Ayedaade Local Government Areas; and Ayetoro Street in Ifetedo, Ife-South Local Government with a length of 0.85km and in other zones.