FG'll Make Ilorin-Mokwa-Jebba Road Passable In Two Weeks - Osinbajo

Date: 2017-07-11

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has promised that the Federal Government will fix the Ilorin-Mokwa-Jebba Road within two weeks, to ease the flow of traffic.

The Acting President said the government had commenced work to make the road passable, pending the commencement of work on re-construction of the collapsed Bakino Bridge at Tatabu community near Mokwa in Niger State.

He specifically received briefs from relevant officials on site including the site engineers and supervisors from the Federal Ministry of Works, and then embarked on a tour of the collapsed bridge.

Professor Osinbajo told reporters at the site that government was fully committed to ending the difficulties on the Ilorin-Mokwa-Jebba road by addressing the remote causes of the deterioration on the road.

"The Minister of Works is working on a lasting solution but in the interim, we have assurances from the contractors and engineers working here that this road will be made passable in about a fortnight," he said.

The Acting President noted further that construction work on building a new bridge would commence but that it would take some time for it to be completed due to the slow movement of material from Ilorin to the site.

"The contractors have informed me that movement of material to this location would be difficult and slow because of the deplorable nature of the road but with the commitment and support of the Federal Road Safety Corps and other agencies, the job would be done in good time," he stated.

Professor Osinbajo added that the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing in collaboration with the Ministry of Transport were both working on a more lasting solution that would reduce the over-dependence on the highway, especially by diverting the movement of heavy duty cargo from the roads to the railways.

Speaking to youths who had gathered at the site of the collapsed bridge, he conveyed the greetings of President Muhammadu Buhari to the community and urged for patience while government's efforts are in top gear to fix both the collapsed bridge and the road.

The Acting President was accompanied on the visit by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola; the Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello, the Estu Nupe, Dr. Yahaya Abubakar and other senior government officials.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abdulkareem Alabi     Seni Saraki     Yusuf Abubakar     Gobir     ITEM 7     March 18     Lithium     Modupe Oluwole     Rafiu Ibrahim     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Mohammed Yisa     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Babata     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Dasuki Belgore     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Sayomi     20 Billion Bond     Quranic Recitation Competition     Ahmed \'Lateef     Charcoal     Amule     Adanla-Irese     Baba Issa Awoye     Isau     NIPR     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Admiralty Villa     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Mazars Consulting     Farouk Salim     Kwasu     Issa Manzuma     Muhammadu Gobir     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Sheikh Ariyibi     Wole Oke     Budo Egba     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     GANZY     Council Of The Wise     Kwara Basketball Association     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Moses Afolayan     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Abraham Ojo     Amos Bajeh     Ibrahim Oniye     Alfa Belgore     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Funmilayo Mohammed     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Shuaib Jawondo     Kishira     AGILE Programme     Hakeem Idris     Joseph Offorjama     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Saba Jibril     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Borgu     Sabi     James Kolo     Royal FM     ASUU     Press Release     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Gbemisola Saraki    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Baba-Isale     Lola Ashiru     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Seni Saraki     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Ahmad Uthman     Salman Jawondo     Aisha Gobir     Khairat Gwadabe     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Senate Presidency     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Laboratory-to-Product     Oke-Ero     Seun Bolaji     Simeon Sayomi     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Afonja Descendants Union     ER-KANG Mining     Belgore     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Ijagbo Health Centre     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Saka Keji     Isiaka Oniwa     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Mohammed Abduraheem     Lanwa     Metro Park     Henry Olaosebikan     Elekoyangan     KFA     Alimi     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Balogin Alanamu     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     BECE     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Voices Of Tomorrow     Segun Abifarin     Saka Balikis Kehinde     IFK     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     CACOVID     Principal Private Secretary     Quareeb     Olatunji Bamgbola     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Ahmad Belgore     Aminat Ahmed     Gbemisola Saraki     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Oniwa     JAMB     Barakat Community Secondary School     Lola Olabayo     Omotoso Musa     Oke-Ode     MAI Akande     Kwara State Sports Commission     Vasolar Consortium     Onilorin     Valsolar Consultoria     Alagbado     Najim Yaasin     Sarah Jubril     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Ahmed     Pakata     KwaraLearn     V.O. Abioye     Ridwan Agboola     Benin Republic     Orire     Saba Jibril