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.

Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Yemi Sanni     KWASSIP     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Adanla-Irese     Saka Onimago     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Modibo Kawu     Bello Oyedepo     Haleeman Salman     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Bayo Ajia     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Bilikisu Gambari     Vasolar Consortium     Egbejila     Justina Oha     Peter Amogbonjaye     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Moses Afolayan     Falokun-Oja     Kwara 2023     Erin-ile     Ghali Muhammed     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Kayode Yusuf     Baba Idris     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     HICA     Vasolar Consultoria     Edret Sabi Abel     Marafan Shonga     Sherif Shagaya     Olabimpe Olani     Raimi Iyanda     Student Learning Support Helpline     Henry Makinwa     Halimat Yusuf     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Budo Egba     Oba-Solagberu     Funmilayo Mohammed     Alore     CCEPE     Olateju Lukman     Ramadhan     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Olabode Towoju     IYA YUSUF     Otuka     SSUCOEN     Edu     Olaiya Zuberu     Magaji Erubu     Elerin Of Adanla     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Sidikat Alaya     Yusuf Mubarak     Kwara NIPR     Gbemisola Saraki     Suleman Abubakar     Ilorin Muslim Community     Ogbondoroko     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Umar Yakubu Jaja     James Kolo     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Najim Yaasin     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Abdulrauf Yusuf    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Susan Modupe Oluwole     Ajeigbe     Falokun-Oja     Aro Yahaya     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     LABTOP     Javed Khan     Peter Obi     Ayedun     Ojuekun Sarumi     Mohammed Yisa     Amasa     Halidu Danbaba     Mohammed Ibrahim     Samuel Adedoyin     School Of Nursing     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Shuaibu Yaman     Dairo Kunle Paul     Okin Biscuits     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Moses Afolayan     Lanre Jimoh     Women Radio     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Ayo Salami     Deji Ajani     Ajase-Ipo     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Kwara State Sports Commission     Salman Suleiman     Kaiama     AbdulHamid Adi     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Ibrahim Akaje     Aminat Omodara     Nigerian Medical Association     Oro Grammar School     Ayegbeni     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Harmony Holdings     Charles Ibitoye     Aisha Gobir     Jide Oyinloye     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     UITH     Lanre Olosunde     Read With Me     Vasolar Consultoria     Saka Isau     Kwara Volleyball Association     Shagari     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Yekeen Alabi     Sobi Hill     Saad Omo Iya     Aiyedun     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Sa\'adu Gambari     Patience Jonathan     Raheem Adaramaja     Suleiman Idris     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     PPS     Gaa Olobi     Musbau A. Akanji     Modibbo Kawu     Tunji Moronfoye     Jaiz Bank     Nurudeen Mohammed     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Maryam A. Garuba     Yusuf Lawal     Ahmed Bayero     Oke-Odo