Adeleke Completes 31km of Roads in 7 Months, 47km Ongoing
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has completed 31 kilometers of roads from November 2022 to date.
Governor Ademola Adeleke made the disclosure on arrival at Osogbo after attending the National Economic Council meeting in Abuja.
According to him, 17 kilometers of roads are currently ongoing at various stages of completion across the state while additionally 30 kilometers of roads have been listed for construction and reconstruction.
His words: “Our administration is paying close attention to the upgrade of Osun roads as a way of jumpstart the state economy. Osun suffers badly due to bad roads, failing bridges and culverts. Our township roads are in bad state across the thread senatorial districts. Business cannot boom if road network are in such terrible state.
” So from day one, my focus among others has been on infrastructure upgrade. I am happy to report that 31 kilometers are done already. But the target is about 100 kilometers before the end of the year.”
Also corraborating the Governor, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Works and Transport, Engr Bashir Bello said massive work is ongoing on bridge reconstruction, culvert upgrades and channelisation work across the state
“Beside the road construction, the government is given quick intervention to some bad section of roads that require urgent attention. Construction of large drainage that can contain flooding of Ogo Oluwa main road are under construction”, the Permanent Secretary stated.