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.

Issa Manzuma     Shagari     Ekiti     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Toyin Abdullahi     Bolaji Aladie     Falokun-Oja     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Kamaldeen Ajibade     MINILS     Ajidagba     IFK     Abegunde Goke     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Olupako     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Ohoro Of Shao     Alfa Yahaya Road     Isiaka Gold     Rapheal Ashaolu     James Kolo     Sunday Popo-Ola     Ilorin South Constituency     Gaa Olobi     Egbewole     Sa\'adu Salahu     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Zainab Abass     Kwara State University Of Education     ITEM 7     Henry Olaosebikan     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Gurei     Emir Of Kano     Reuben Paraje     Abubakar Aliagan     Olabode Towoju     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Ramat Oganija     Sidikat Alaya     Waheed Ibrahim     General Hospital     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Pakata     IYA ALFA NLA     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Umar Ayinla Saro     Tafida Of Kaiama     Offa Poly     Alabi Lawal     Adesoye College     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Musa Alhassan Buge     Kola Shittu     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Erubu     Durosinlohun Atiku     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Emir Of Yashikira     Azeez Salawu     Kemi Adeosun     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Mustapha Olanipekun     Quareeb Islamic Association     2023 Elections     Yusuf Arowosaye     Bolaji Gambari     Mohammed Haruna     Ajakaye     School Of Nursing     Alabe     Rebecca Olanrewaju    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     20 Billion Bond     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Moses Adekanye     Ajase-Ipo     CLAY POT     Kwara Pdp     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Mohammed Abduraheem     Funke Adedoyin     Harrison Osauwagboe     Michael Nzwekwe     Muhammadu Buhari     KWSIEC     Ayinke Saka     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Mustapha Akanbi     Popo-Igbonna     Kulende     NSCIA     Okoolowo     Nigeria Customs Service     Peter Amogbonjaye     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Tafida Of Ilorin     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Adeola Abraham     Baba Idris     Mohammed Yisa     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Kaosarah Adeyi     Balikis Jawondo     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Sidikat Alaya     Kwara Polytechnic     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Nurudeen Muhammed     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Salihu Alhaji Musa     COVID-19 Palliatives     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Millennium Development Goals     Irepodun     Kwara University Of Education     Owo Arugbo     Shao     Olatunde Michaels     Isiaka Gold     Nigerian Medical Association     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Busari Alabi Alausa     Toyin Saraki     FOMWAN     Marafan Shonga     Bukola Saraki     Shuaib Olarongbe     Yekini Adio     07039448763     AbdulHamid Adi     Lukman Adeloyin     Sa\'adu Gambari     Salihu Ajia     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Obuh     Congress For National Consensus     Lanre Issa-Onilu     TIIDELab     Abdulwaheed Musa     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     John Kehinde Salako     Just Law Forum     Gobir     Abdullah Janet Amudat