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.

Maigidasanma     Oyin-Zubair     Olupako     Khairat Gwadabe     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Omupo     Ilorin West     AbdulRahman Saad     Mufutau Olatinwo     Ita-Nmo Market     Jumoke Gafar     Bahago     TESCOM 2025     Kwara Polytechnic     Elections     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Ayinde Oki     Kazeem Oladepo     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Abdullahi Atanda     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Moshood Bakare     Jare Olatundun     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Akanbi-Oke     Akorede     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Amule Elementary School     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Local Government     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     Kawu     Riskat Opakunle     Muhammed Danjuma     Yemi Sanni     Sayomi     Bureau Of Lands     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Lotus Bank     Gwanara     Femi Ogunsola     Belgore     20 Billion Bond     Mutawali     Halimat Yusuf     Law School Scholarship     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     LEAH Charity Foundation     Sobi FM     QuickWin     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     GGDSS Pakata     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Ahmad Belgore     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     Adedipe     Assayomo     Ilorin Airport     Razaq Atunwa     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Tayo Awodiji     Halidu Danbaba     Folaranmi Aro     Bello Oyedepo     Offa Poly     UTME     Toyosi Thomas     Principal Private Secretary     Dan-Kazeem    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Kayode Zubair     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Taofeek Ibraheem     Joseph Offorjama     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Emmanuel Bello     Garba Ado Sanni     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Oloye     AbdulRahman Saad     Adisa Logun     Abubakar Aliagan     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Olaosebikan     Abiodun Oyedepo     Sulaiman Gado     Rex Olawoye     YAKOOYO     Elerinjare     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Babaita     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Isa Aremu     Kwara Poly     Alabere     International Vocational Centre     Share-Tsaragi     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Afonja     Popo-Igbonna     Iyaloja-General     KWASSIP     Bayo Ojo     Okanlawon Musa     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Owode Market     Dele Momodu     Idiagbon     Aminat Ahmed     Gobirawa     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Ileloke     Amosa     Okin Biscuit     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Balogun Fulani     Baba Issa Awoye     The Herald     Ghali Alaaya     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Rasaq Jimoh     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Face Masks     Jaigbade Alao     Kwara University Of Education     Kwara TV     New Nigeria People’s Party     Simeon Ajibola     Garba Dogo     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Doyin Awoyale     PPS     Yakubu Danladi     Oba Abdulrahim     NURTW     Kayode Ishola     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     SUBEB     Tunji Olawuyi