Kwara's N350 Billion Road Project Will Create Business Opportunities, Says Speaker

Date: 2024-03-10

The Kwara State House of Assembly speaker, Yakubu Salihu, says the construction of the 130–kilometer Bode Saadu-Kaiama-Kosubosu road will enhance business opportunities between Kwara and neighboring states upon completion.

Mr Salihu described the N350 billion road project as a major breakthrough for the people of Kwara North, who have been yearning for a road that would link the five local government areas in the senatorial district.

The speaker, inspecting the road on Sunday with some stakeholders, also commended former President Muhammadu Buhari, President Bola Tinubu, and Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq for facilitating the project through tax credit.

The federal government funded the road project through BUA Group of Companies under the Tax Credit Scheme in Executive Order 7, which Mr Buhari issued while in office.

The speaker explained that before now, the tax credit was alien to Kwara, stressing that Mr Abdulrazaq lobbied the federal government to get the road awarded to BUA Group.

He said farmers from Kwara North, which is reputed as the state's food basket, have been having difficulties transporting their farm produce to urban areas due to the poor road network.

“When completed, the road will, among other benefits, serve as a unifying factor for the five local government areas in the northern part of the state.

“These are Baruten, Edu, Moro, Kaiama, and Patigi. It will ensure the transportation of goods and services, especially agricultural farm produce, to other parts of the state and across the country as a whole.

“This will also ensure that our farm produce get to the market on time and ultimately crash soaring food prices,” the speaker said.

Former deputy speaker of the state assembly, Matthew Okedare and two members of the House, Abdullahi Danbaba (Kaiama, Kemanji, Wajibe Constituency) and Madinat AbdulRaheem (Lanwa/Ejidongari Constituency), also spoke during the tour.

They spoke on the economic benefit of the roads and applauded Messrs Tinubu and Abdulrazaq for the infrastructural development.

When completed, the road project will link Bode Saadu-Kaiama-Kosubosu, Bacita-Shonga-Lafiagi, Eiyenkorin-Afon-Offa-Odo-Otin, and Okuta-Bukuro Road, as well as the Republic of Benin.

(NAN)

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Jalala     Yinka Aluko     The Herald     Zara Umar     Kwabes     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     University Road     Bola Olukoju     Umar Saro     Ayodele Shittu     Otuka     Ronke Adeyemi     Wahab Agbaje     Ndama Al-hassan     Alfa Yahaya Road     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Ilorin Like-Minds     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Obasanjo     Olatunde Michaels     Abdulkareem Alabi     David Oyedepo     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Unilorin FM     Bibire Ajape     Babaita     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Laduba     Kwara North     Wasiu Onidugbe     Wole Oke     First Lady     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Adamu Attah     Kwara 2019     Omotoso Musa     Magaji Nda     Iliasu     Moses Afolayan     CKNG     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Rapheal Ashaolu     Mazars Consulting     Post Utme     Jawondo     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Adegoke Bamidele     Sheikh Ariyibi     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Amasa     Shonga     Anilelerin     Erubu Oba Zubair     Split Diamond Interchange     Share-Tsaragi     Garment Factory     Orire     Durosinlohun Atiku     Idiagbon     Ishola Abdullahi     Imam Gambari     James Kolo     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Pilgrims Board     Cassava Growers\' Association     Saidu Kawu     Okeose Christian Cementary     Usman Yunusa     ITEM 7     UITH     Emmanuel Bello    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Shade Omoniyi     TVC Female National Debate     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Mutawalle     Emir Of Shonga     Kwara Metro Park     Sai Kayi     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Oluronke Adeyemi     Rapheal Ashaolu     Olabode George Towoju     NIPOGA     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Henry Makinwa     Amusa Bello     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Falokun-Oja     Mubarak Oladosu     Emir Of Yashikira     Okoolowo     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Buari Edun     Imam Gambari     Shuaib Jawondo     Rihanat Ajia     Kwara     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Agor     Marufat Oladosu     Erubu     Ridwan Agboola     Babata     Harmony Holdings     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Islamic Development Bank     Fatimat Saliu     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Tosin Saraki     Wasiu Onidugbe     Ekiti     Bolakale Kawu Agaka     Ethical College     Sherif Sagaya     Lukman Adeloyin     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Kwara Pdp     Kwara North     Olusola Saraki     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Kwara Restoration Project     Lola Olabayo     11th Galadima     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Aso-ofi     Idris Amosa Saidu     Olaiya Lawal     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Kwara State Sports Commission     Doyin Group     Bankole Omisore     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Age AbdulKareem     Abdulkadir Orire     CACOVID     Budo Egba     Moronfoye     Oko Erin     Abdullahi Biffo     Oniyangi     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Rachael Obisesan     Federal Polytechnic Offa