Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has approved the immediate rehabilitation and reconstruction of eight road projects in various zones of the state.
The State’s Commissioner for Public Works and Transport, Professor Raphael Afonja, who revealed this on Friday, said that infrastructural development remained a key focus of the present administration.
A statement by the commissioner quoted the governor as saying that his administration was prepared to ensure the uplift of infrastructure in state.
The statement further indicated that the determination to ensure infrastructural growth in the state informed the decision of Governor Makinde to devote a large chunk of the 2020 budget (23.93 percent) to that sector.
Afonja said the selected roads include the following:
1. Airport -Ajia-New Ife Express way with spur to Amuloko (21KM).
2. Apete-Awotan-Akufo junction road (12.0KM).
3. Saki-Ogbooro-Igboho (44.70Km).
4. Reconstruction of Under G-Stadium-LAUTECH Gate Road, Ogbomoso (3.0KM).
5. Takie-FGGC Road, Ogbomoso (2.5KM).
6. Reconstruction of Isaba-Ogundoyin Road, Eruwa (2.50KM).
7. Rehabilitation of Gedu-Oroki-Sabo-Asipa Road, Oyo (5.20KM).
8. Akingbile-Lagbeja-Ajibode road (3.0KM).”
