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.

Kwara Polytechnic     Sidikat Alaya     Omar Bolaji Gambari     Issa Baba     Oloye     Olomu     David Adesina     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Samari     CKNG     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Kamoru Kadiri     HYPPADEC     Mustapha Akanbi     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Ilorin South     Playing Host     John Mayokun Dada     Oniwasi Agbaye     National Information Technology Development Agency     Adaramaja     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Umar Gunu     Ita-Nmo Market     Joseph Offorjama     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Tinubu     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Bisi Kristien     Sanusi Abubakar     Moses Rahman Popoola     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     IFK     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Memunat Monsuma     Abdulrazaq Akorede     March 18     Femi Agbaje     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Farouk Salim     Islamiya Abdulraheem     University Road     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     SDP     Orire     Abubakar B.M     Tayo Alao     Adebayo Salami     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Adegoke Bamidele     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Femtech     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Student Learning Support Helpline     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     TIC     Oko     Ijagbo     Olabanji Orilonishe     Ahmed Dankaya     Amos Justus Sayo     NSCIA     Gbugbu     Popo-Igbonna     Kwara 2023     AbdulRauf Keji     Mahee Abdulkadir     Principal Private Secretary     Ajike People Support Centre     RTEAN     Owu Fall     Olushola Saraki    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     All Peoples Party     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     Tafida Of Kaiama     Kwara State Television     ASKOMP     Waheed Ibrahim     Kwha.gov.ng     Oke-Oyi     Ilorin Metro Park     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Sulyman Buhari     Moremi High School     Rapheal Ashaolu     Alao Ayotunde     Kwara North     Musa Yeketi     Yaman     Sabi     Apaola     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Erin-ile     Lanre Jimoh     Coronavirus     Ganiyu Abolarin     Olaiya Zuberu     KWSUED     Kale Kawu     Onikijipa     Olaitan Buraimoh     Bola Sagaya     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Umar Gunu     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Ayo Adeyemi     IFK     Mustapha Olanipekun     Umar Saro     ENetSuD     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Mohammed Saidu     April 11     Face Masks     Musa Aibinu     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Kisra     Falokun-Oja     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     EndSARS     Olawuyi     Daud Adeshola     Demola Banu     Ibrahim Abiodun     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Lateef Alagbonsi     Oro Grammar School     KW-GIS     Omu-aran     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Bayo Lawal     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Babs Iwarere     Iponrin     Baakini     Tunde Kazeem     Issa Manzuma     Ogidi-Oloje