Makinde flags off Oyo-Iseyin, Ibadan airport roads

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo has flagged off the building of the 34.85 kilometres Oyo-Iseyin Road and the dualisation of the 10.82 kilometres Ibadan Airport Road.

Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri attended the event in Oyo and Ibadan, while former governor Dr. Omololu Olunloyo, attended the event in Ibadan.

Diri and Olunloyo, who spoke at the two events, lauded Makinde’s leadership.

“I came in here this morning and all I smell is a peaceful environment. No killings and that is because the people and the government are one and on the same page”, Douye said.

“But can we say the same of the Federal Government of Nigeria? “They have to be on the same page with the people. When they are, there will be peace and the peace we are all looking for can only come where there is justice,” he added.

The Oyo-Iseyin Road would be built at the cost of N9.9 billion and completed within the next seven months.

The dualisation of the Airport Road and several adjoining roads, totalling 10.82 kilometres will cost N4.9 billion.

Makinde at the flag-off of Oyo-Iseyin road at Ojogbondu, Oyo, said that his administration will continue to expand the road networks for the state.

He explained that the road is a federal road but that the state embarked on its construction given its strategic position in its economic expansion agenda, adding that the road will be executed by Messrs Kopek Construction, through the Alternate Project Funding Approach (APFA).

“As you drive in from the Oyo end of this road, you will see the amount of work that Messrs Kopek Construction Ltd. has already done on this road.

“I am sure the good people of Oyo are already seeing the benefits of this road construction. And when it is completed, it will become a vital link between the farming communities of Oke-Ogun and Oyo, providing the much-needed market linkage between these zones.

“Well, this is the official flag-off of the construction, but the contractors have been on site for five months. You can now do the maths to see if they are on course to complete their work within the scheduled one year.

They have assured us that this will happen.”

At the flag-off of the Airport Road project, Governor Makinde said the road would be renamed after former Governor Olunloyo.

In his remarks, Dr. Olunloyo commended Makinde for his style of administration which, according to him, places people at the centre of his governance paradigm.