Fayemi unveils 10 roads, 5 water plants at anniversary

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi on Thursday inaugurated 10 major roads totaling 103 km in fulfillment of the resolve of his administration to make all the communities in the state motorable by 2014. The governor also inaugurated five water treatment plants as part of the people-oriented projects scheduled to mark the second anniversary of his administration.

The 10 roads, which are located in Ekiti Central Senatorial District include 14.3 km Erijinyan-Ilawe road, 12 km Odo Owa- Oke Ila, 6.25 km Awo-Iyin road, 24 km Ikogosi-Efon road, 11.5 km Ado- Ilawe road, and 5km Fajuyi- Basiri- Police headquarters road.

Others are 1.65 km Fajuyi -Teaching Hospital road, 10.75 km Ado- Afao road, 2 km Ijigbo- Isato and 13 km Osun- Iloro road.

Commissioning the various roads, Fayemi said that the construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation of the roads became necessary following its deplorable conditions which had given “motorists’ nightmarish experiences traversing the roads.”

“We decided to award the roads, especially those leading to Ado Ekiti in November 2011 in order to ameliorate the sufferings of motorists and also to give the State capital a face-lift, even as Fajuyi-Teaching Hospital road was planned to link the ongoing Ado-Iworoko-Ifaki road with Fajuyi Park.”

Fayemi said that government was rehabilitating 16 other roads within the township to make Ado-Ekiti an enviable state capital.

“With the commissioning of the Ado-Afao road, the rehabilitation of the road will undoubtedly be a great relief to motorists using the road, especially motorists going toward Ikole and the Northern part as it is a shorter link than the Ado-Ifaki road,’’ he said.

He said that the rehabilitation would enhance the economic activities of the residents along the road.

The five water treatment plants and reservoir commissioned were located at Ipole Iloro, Efon, Ido Ile, Okemesi and Mary Hill, Ado Ekiti.

Fayemi said that the water projects were geared toward his administration’s target of providing potable water to at least 80 per cent of the state population by 2014.

“Concerted efforts are being put in place to ensure that all the four dams in the state become functional as a bulk of the 2013 budget will be expended on water,” he said.