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.

Solomon Edojah     Sarkin Malamai     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Eleyele     Asa     Saliu Ajia     Yaman     EFCC     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Congress For National Consensus     Facemasks     Bankole Omisore     Arca Santa     Joseph Daudu     CKNG     Bukola Saraki     Naira Redesign     Ganiyu Taofiq     NaAllah     UNILORIN Alumni     Ibrahim Abikan     Musa Alhassan Buge     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Galadima     Mustapha Akanbi     Dasuki Belgore     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Sheikh Ariyibi     Okin Biscuits     Umaru Saro     Omotoso Musa     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Bola Sagaya     Dan Masanin     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Afonja     Emir Of Lafiagi     Elections     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Gwanara     Law School Scholarship     Moshood Bakare     AGILE Programme     National Democratic Congress     Agor Market     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     TIIDELab     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Maryam Ado Bayero     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Bisi Oyeleke     KWATMA     Amoyo     Binta Sulyman     Fulani     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Olohungbebe     Bamidele Aluko     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Magaji Are     Centre For Digital Economy     John Kehinde Salako     NURTW     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Post-utme     Abikan     Ilesha Gwanara Road    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Monkey Pox     Old Oyo     Bola Magaji     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Ghali Muhammed     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Binta Abubakar Mora     Ohoro Of Shao     Oko-Erin     Mary Arinde     Mutawali     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Baboko Primary School     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Isiaq Khadeejah     Law School Scholarship     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Neo Mundo Ltd     Umar Ayinla Saro     Pakata Development Association     Gbajabiamila     Funke Adedoyin     Justina Oha     Olokoba     Abubakar Ndakene     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Agboola Babatunde     Barakat Community Secondary School     Yahaya Seriki     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Akeem Lawal     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     ER-KANG Mining     Mary Kemi Adeosun     LABTOP     Saliu Oluwole     Doyin Awoyale     Makama     Oladimeji Thompson     Maja     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Olatinwo     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Apado     KSIRS     AbdulRauf Keji     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Bola Shagaya     Amada Jidda     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Kumbi Titiloye     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Public Holiday     Kola Olota     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Alabere     Oyawoye     Onilorin     Ejidongari     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Tsado Manman     Lanre Badmas     Halidu Danbaba     General Hospital     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Sunset Workers     Adeniyi Ojo     Olatunde Jare     Sobi Hill     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Sheikh Alimi     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Adisa Logun