A statement issued in Ibadan on Monday by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Festus Adedayo, said the rehabilitation/reconstruction of the affected roads had become necessary in view of their bad state owing to long years of neglect.
Adedayo also said the roads were picked by the caretaker committee chairmen in their respective areas based on their levels of disrepair and the needs of the people.
The governor’s spokesman, who said some of the roads were in over 50 per cent state of completion, added that the funds for the projects were drawn from the excess crude account.
He, however, said the number of roads to be rehabilitated per local government and the length of the roads varied from one council to the other.
Adedayo said the Ajimobi administration decided to embark on mass reconstruction of the roads in order to improve on the road networking in the state and bring government closer to the people at the grassroots.
According to him, while a total sum of N1, 667,535,398.75 is being expended on the roads under construction in Ibadan Zone, Oyo Zone would gulp N908, 774,905.50; Ogbomoso Zone N760, 815,499.50; Saki Zone N1, 470,368,382 and Ibarapa Zone N458, 747,461.75, all totalling N5, 266,261,646.75.
In Ibadan Zone, the 1.35 kilometre Apapa Ojemo Road from Underpass to Primary School, off Ibadan/Oyo Expressway, Ibadan is to be reconstructed for N150, 353,490, while Yawiri Road, off Akobo Ojurin and Eniosa-Onibepe, off Olorunda Aba in Lagelu Local Government Area will be rehabilitated at the total sum of N152, 356,459.
In Ona-Ara Local Government Area, the construction of Oritamerin-Gangansi Road and Amuloko Market-COM D Bus Stop are already ongoing at the cost of N151, 642,911, while the Bodija Market-Ojo Express Road as well as Alabiyamo-Arigidi Road, both in Ibadan North Local Government and Omi Adio-Iddo Road in Iddo Local Government Area also be constructed.
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