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.

Umar Saro     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Toyosi Thomas     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Local Government     Sardauna     Alfa Belgore     Bisi Oyeleke     Ejidongari     March 18     NTA Ilorin     Elelu     Ilorin West     Timothy Akangbe     Presidential Election     Micheal Imoudu     Ilorin Central Mosque     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Ganiyu Taofiq     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Gurei     Olota Of Odo-Owa     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     ENetSuD     Rashidi Yekini     Al-Hikmah Radio     National Pilot     Taofik Mustapha     Rueben Parejo     Bamikole Omishore     Okin Biscuit     Tunde Oyawoye     Atiku     Erubu Oba Zubair     Azeez Bello     Lanre Badmas     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Baboko     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Akume     Bukola Saraki     Mohammed Abduraheem     Arinola Lawal     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Ramat Oganija     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Baruba     CCB     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Kwarareports     Emir Of Yashikira     Fulani     Ramadan     Harafat E. Mukadam     Ahmed Dankaya     Kayode Ogunlowo     Omar Gambari     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Toyin Abdullahi     Iyeru Grammar School     Kwara Pdp     Onilorin     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Razak Atunwa     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Solomon Edojah     Issa Baba     Joseph Bamigboye     MMWG     PharmAccess Foundation     Ilesha-Gwanara     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Mustapha Akanbi     Kwara State Fire Service     March 28    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Share     Sa\'adu Salahu     Pakata     Mohammed Halidu     Doyin Awoyale     Mogaji Aare     Ahman Pategi     Ilofa     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Rex Olawoye     Saliu Ajia     Hajj     Ganiyu Taofiq     Dan Iya     Ejidongari     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Summit University     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Babs Iwarere     IFK     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Taofeeq Olateju     Amusa Bello     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Twitter     Principal Private Secretary     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     CCB     Tunde Kazeem     Durbar Festival     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Oluwole Dupe     Olaoye B. Felix     CUTI     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Ola Falade     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     NIPOGA     Sodiya     PharmAccess Foundation     George Innih     Salake     Frootify     Sidikat Alaya     Aliyu Adebayo     IHS     Plat Technologies Limited     Popo-Igbonna     Shola Odetundun     United Nigeria Congress Party     Rafiu Ibrahim     Tunde Saad     Zulu Gambari     Amuda Aluko     Kola Adesina     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Charles Ibitoye     Wahab Isa     Playing Host     Okanlawon Taiwo     Just Event Online     Sebastine Obasi     Femi Agbaje     Oko     Esinrogunjo     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Akeem Lawal     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Onikijipa     KWASSIP     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Sango-UITH Road     April 11