Nigeria’s Minister of State for Transportation, Ademola Adegoroye says road projects in the South West geo-political zone will be completed.
He assured the people of Ondo and Ekiti States that the government has not abandoned the reconstruction of the Akure-Ado Ekiti road.
The Minister stated this when a delegation of the Ondo State House of Assembly, led by its Speaker, Bamidele Oleyelogun, paid him a courtesy visit in his office at the Federal Ministry of Transportation in Abuja.
He said the dualisation of the project was awarded to Dantata and Sawoe, noted that the process is being looked into and that once that is completed, work will resume on the project and it will be fast-tracked.
According to him, the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola, who has taken the road as a priority for the government, took the step to look into the contract awarded in 2020 due to the challenges being faced by the contractor in executing the project.
“I know what our people are facing on that road but I want to again plead for more patience. The Minister of Works is meticulously doing a lot to ensure that we don’t run into any impediment when the project resumes. So, I want to assure our people that the project will not be abandoned.”
The Minister also gave the assurance that the proposed Deep Sea Port in Ondo State will soon become a reality, while stressing that government recognizes the importance of the proposed port to the blue economy policy of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Adegoroye described the visit of the state legislators as historic, describing them as true representatives of their people. He then promised that all the issues of development raised by them will be looked into by his office.
The Speaker, Oleyelogun, said this visit was to forge a working relationship between the Ondo State House of Assembly and the Minister, who is a former member of the House.
Oleyelogun, who said the State is blessed to have someone of Adegoroye’s calibre as Minister and commended his achievements so far, urged him to be the rallying point for the people of the State and also guide the All Progressives Congress (APC) to victory in the State in the 2023 general elections.
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