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.

Bilikisu Gambari     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Kawu Baraje     Moses Salami     Shuaib Olarongbe     Salman Jawondo     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Cassava Growers\' Association     Bamikole Omishore     Inside Kwara     Oye Tinuoye     Akorede     Oloye     Musa Alhassan Buge     Kulende     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Sarah Jubril     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Musa Aibinu     Ajibike Katibi     Turaki Of Ilorin     Kale Bayero     Raimi Iyanda     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Bolakale Ayo     Popo-Igbonna     Salami Adekunle     Ghali Alaaya     Hassan A. Saliu     MAI Akande     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Hauwa Nuru     Saheed Popoola     Hakeem Lawal     Bature Bello     Hassan Oyeleke     KWACOBPA     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Solomon Edojah     Muhammadu Buhari     Kwara 2023     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Akeem Olatunji     IPSAS     Kunle Suleiman     Ashiru     Idowu Laro     First Lady     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Moses Adekanye     Manzuma     Salary     Aso-ofi     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Olupako     Oloriegbe     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     National Broadcasting Commission     CCEPE     New Model Police Station     Erubu Oba Zubair     Simon Sayomi     Olatunji Bamgbola     Ijakadi     Kale Belgore     Saad Omo Iya     Alapado     Omu Aran     Sheriff Olanrewaju     African Democratic Congress     Kehinde Baale     Dankaka     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Opobiyi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ronke Adeyemi     Facemasks     Kabir Shagaya     Maryam Nurudeen     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Kamaldeen Gambari     Adesoye College     AbdulGafar Tosho     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Ishaq Salman     AGM Professional Services     Kwara Poly     KWASIEC     Aminu Adisa Logun     Nnazua     TIC     Sun Qing Rong     Oloriegbe     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Kwara North     Peculiar Allowance     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Ndakene     Bank Of Industry     Bolakale Ayo     Christopher Ayeni     Idi-Ape     Mohammed Ghali Alaaya     Leke Ogungbe     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Okin Biscuits     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Reuben Paraje     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Lotus Bank     Garment Factory     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Suleiman Idris     United Nigeria Airline     Alfa Yahaya Road     Balogun Fulani     A.E. Afolabi     Yahaya Seriki     Salman Alada     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Simeon Ajibola     Saad Omo Iya     Moses Salami     Tafida     Taofik Mustapha     Arik     Toyin Falola     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Sarkin Malamai     Segun Adeniyi     Orire     Okiki     Minister     Olateju Lukman     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     NULGE     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Gbenga Awoyale     Adedeji Onimago     Binta Abubakar Mora     Madawaki     Jaiz Bank     Bankole Omisore     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Elewu     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa