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.

John Dara     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Bolaji Nagode     Usman Yunusa     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Mohammed Ghali Alaaya     Kunle Suleiman     Oloye     Durbar     Niyi Ogundiran     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Kwara Apc     Awili Pedro     Sanitation Exercise     Hamza Usman     Senate     Ile Arugbo     Mutawali     Wakilin Mata Lafiagi     Dele Belgore     Rafiu Ibrahim     Ahmed     Share-Tsaragi     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Bolakale Ayo     Yemi Sanni     Yahaya Muhammad     Omotoso Musa     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Hassan Saliu     Sunday Fagbemi     Akanbi-Oke     Christian Association Of Nigeria     SSA Youth Engagement     Oluranti Idowu     Clara Nwachukwu     New Nigeria People’s Party     Tunde Oyawoye     Abioye Bello     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Moremi High School     Sarakite     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Yahaya Oloriegbe     TETFUND     Idris Garuba     Elections     Mohammed Yisa     Toyin Sanusi     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Yekini Adio     Jumoke Gafar     Michael Nzwekwe     Al-Adaby     Moro     Sabitiyu Grillo     Pakata Patriots     Oko-Erin     FOMWAN     Edret Sabi Abel     KW-GIS     Admiralty Villa     Jide Oyinloye     Sulu Gambari     Orisun Igbomina     Oyedepo     Kassim Babamale     Babaloja-General     Pacify Labs     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Galland Marcias     Idowu Laro     Bayo Ojo     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Isin    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ganiyu Taofiq     Bisi Oyeleke     Ibrahim Mashood     Doyin Group     Omotoso Musa     Dogara     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Adesoye College     Ajia-Bako     Isiaka Gold     Wahab Abayawo     Peculiar Allowance     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Sabitiyu Grillo     Magaji Are     Sa\'adu Salau     Government High School Adeta     Abubakar Usman Jos     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Dauda Adesola     Amos Justus Sayo     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Okin Group     BECE     Zulu Gambari     Kanu Agabi     Oloje     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Alore     N-Power     Abdulkareem Alabi     Taofeek Sanusi     Lawal Jimoh     David Oyedepo     CELF     Kwara Poly     Matthew Babaoye     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Gbenga Adebayo     Tsado Manman     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     United Nigeria Congress Party     Bursary     SSUCOEN     Bola Sagaya     Riskat Opakunle     Onikijipa     Gamji Members Association     Elections     TIIDELab     VADA     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Ilesha-Gwanara     Babajide Ajayi     Olokoba     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Chief Of Staff     Kolawole Bashirat     Dele Momodu     Lithium Deposit     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Eghe Igbinehin     Femi Ogunsola     Adisa Logun     College Of Education     Kamoru Kadiri     Aisha Buhari     Garba Idris Ajia     Galadima     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Ileloke     Suleiman Mora Omar     EndSARS     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Christopher Tunji Ayeni