A former state director of the National Orientation Agency (NOA) in Ekiti state, Bamitale Omotoyinbo, has called the attention of National Assembly members from the southwest zone to the condition of the Ekiti-Ilesha-Ibadan road.
Omotoyinbo, who was a former Oye Local Government chairman, in a statement, explained that the road linking the three states has been in bad shape, urging the lawmakers to be alive to their responsibility of ensuring the federal government carry out major work on the federal highway.
He added that the senators and members of the House of Representatives from the zone should call the attention of the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, to the poor condition of the road which he said is affecting the movements of people and economic activities in the area.
According to him, “I am disappointed over the attitude of the lawmakers from the southwest over the federal road, running from Ekiti through Ilesha, Ife and Ibadan.
“If President Bola Ahamed Tinubu and National Assembly members are busy on constructing Lagos-Calabar coastal roads for the economic benefits of the coastal travellers, what of rural communities, public drivers and travellers plying land roads every day?
“The Federal road, from Ado Ekiti, Ilesha, Ife down to Ibadan has been a death trap for the people travelling on the road, and our National assembly members are there without any action.
“It’s s unfortunate the people we voted in to serve us are always travelling by air which did not allow them to experience the suffering and the hardship being faced by motorists on these roads.”
He appealed to the traditional rulers in the three states, ” whose communities run through the mentioned roads to hold emergency meetings with the governors across the state to facilitate how the roads can be given quick attention without further delay.”
Oguntoyinbo, while commending governors in the region for their commitment to the welfare of the people, advised that “the governors can explore the possibility of working on these roads and ask for a refund from the federal government.”
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