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.

Bola Shagaya     Babatunde Idiagbon     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Egbewole     Kwara State Sports Commission     KWTV     First Lady     Abdulkadir Orire     Kwarareports     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Labour Party     Ajasse-Ipo     Igbomina     Mahmud Ajeigbe     The Herald     Saduki Lafiagi     BECE     Oko Erin     Ilorin South     Abubakar Ndakene     Aro Yahaya     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Sulaiman Gado     Muhammed Danjuma     Amusa Bello     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Ilorin Metro Park     Lithium     Rafiu Ajakaye     Titus Ashaolu     Salihu S. Yaru     Muhammed Aliyu     Mohammed Halidu     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     ANCOPPS     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Hassan Saliu     Mustapha Akanbi     Kisra     Ishaq Salman     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Shururat Olatinwo     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Orire     MAI Akande     John Kehinde Salako     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Mamman Saba Jibril     Kehinde Boyede     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Bola Sagaya     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Michael Nzwekwe     Plat Technologies     Okedare     Hijaab     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Oluranti Idowu     Ishaq Oloyede     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Erubu Oba Zubair     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Abubakar Aliagan     Jimba Babatunde    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Yusuf Badmus     Ilorin Muslim Community     Baba Issa     Jaiz Bank     Oni Adebayo     Kayode Issa     Computer Based Test     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     ASUU     Ilorin Durbar     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Ishaq Abdulkarim     KFA     Ben Duntoye     Amada Jidda     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Osinbajo     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     A.E. Afolabi     Abikan     Local Government     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Saheed Akinwumi     Bayo Lawal     Alapansapa     Ijagbo Health Centre     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Hassanat Bello     Lotus Bank     National Information Technology Development Agency     Albert Ogunsola     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Sardauna     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Oke Sunna     Okin Malt     Adedipe     2017 Budget     Saidu Isa     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Tafida Of Ilorin     Gbenga Adebayo     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Lanre Issa-Onilu     David Oyedepo     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Hijab     Segun Ogunsola     KWSIEC     Minister     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Aisha Buhari     Kwara Apc     Babaloja-General     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     GANZY     Trader Moni     Agor Market     Sarakite     Jimoh Akani     Okoolowo     Abdullahi Biffo     Ebola     Jumoke F. Ajao     Quareeb Islamic Association     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Budo-Egba     Olusola Saraki     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     NTA Ilorin     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Ahmad Lawan     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Sarah Alade