Senate Demands Urgent Action on Oko-Olowo Pedestrian Bridge to Prevent Fatalities

Date: 2024-11-28

The Senate has called on the federal government to expedite the construction of a pedestrian bridge with a motorcycle ramp at the Oko-Olowo intersection along the Ilorin-Jebba federal highway. This measure aims to curb the alarming rate of fatalities recorded at the site.

The resolution was passed following a motion by Senator Saliu Mustapha (APC, Kwara Central) during plenary, where he revealed that over 50 lives were lost at the intersection between November 2023 and January 2024.

Quoting Orders 41 and 51 of the Senate Standing Orders 2023 (as amended), Senator Mustapha stressed the urgent need for the project to safeguard the lives of Nigerians traveling between the Northern and South-Western regions.

“This intersection has become a deadly trap for pedestrians and motorists alike. Despite efforts by the Kwara State Government, under Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, to seek federal intervention, no tangible progress has been made to address this crisis,” he added.

In his submission, the Senate President Godswill Akpabio commended Senator Mustapha for raising the issue and expressed hope that the federal ministry of works would act swiftly to prevent further tragedies.

The Senate unanimously urged the federal government to commence the construction of the pedestrian bridge and ramp immediately while also prioritising long-term safety measures at the Oko-Olowo intersection.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Unilorin FM     Apata Ajele Secondary School     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Yusuf A. Usman     Idris Amosa Saidu     Gbemi Saraki     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Tosho Yaqub     Balogin Alanamu     JAAC     COVID-19 Palliatives     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Bello Abubakar     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Ajikobi     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Quareeb     Durbar     Lanre Issa Onilu     Ayo Adeyemi     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Apaokagi     Isiaka Oniwa     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Olateju Lukman     Mutawalle     Ilorin Metro Park     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Facebook     Benin Republic     EFCC     Tafida     Amuda Bembe     Ijagbo Health Centre     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Baba Isale     Moronfoye     QuickWin     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     SSA Youth Engagement     Orisun Igbomina     Ashiru     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Kehinde Boyede     Curfew     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Issa Oloruntogun     Wasiu Odewale     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     CCEPE     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Playing Host     Tayo Alao     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Shero     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Saba Jibril     Sunday Popo-Ola     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Oluwole Dupe     Dele Belgore     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Opobiyi     Ifelodun     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Olatunji Ayeni     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Yakubu Dogara     Sulyman Tejidini     NIPR     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Buhari     Babaloja-General     Dogara     JUSUN    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Millennium Development Goals     Paul Olawoore     NNPP     Yusuf Badmus     John Obuh     Yahya Mohammed     Abubakar Usman Jos     Yaman     Sa\'adu Salau     Ibrahim Abiodun     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Mohammed Danjuma     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Kassim Babamale     Edu     Bashir Adigun     Tafida     Ibrahim Oniye     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Folashade Omoniyi     Kwara State Governor     Mohammed Haruna     Shagari     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Osi     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Saliu Tunde Bello     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Bayer AG     Salami Adekunle     Abubakar Ndakene     Aso-ofi     Kazeem Adekanye     Peculiar Allowance     Christopher Odetunde     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Barakat Community Secondary School     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     ANCOPPS     Adaramaja     Adesoye     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Olabode George Towoju     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Dele Belgore     Kannike     Alabe     Olaosebikan     Ayinde Oki     Jimoh Akani     Bello Oyebanji     Ilofa     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Garba Ado Sanni     Oloje     Dagbalodo     Ahmed \'Lateef     Timothy Akangbe     Ahman Pategi University     Omu-aran     Emir Of Kano     Ganiyu Taofiq     Kunle Okeowo     AGM Professional Services     Labaeka     Basit Olatunji     Alaaya     Omotoso     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Surajudeen Akanbi     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Yahaya Seriki     Ben Duntoye     Shola Odetundun     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria