Oyo assures property owners of compensation, embarks on roads expansion
Oyo State Government has assured residents whose property will be demolished as a result of the current road construction and expansion across the state that they will be adequately compensated.
The new project is an addition to the ongoing dualisation of Idi-Ape-Akobo-Odogbo Barracks Road; dualisation of Agodi-Gate-Old Ife-Adegbayi Road, with spur to Alakia-Ibadan Airport; as well as dualisation of Saki township road, in Oke Ogun Area of the state.
The state government recently approved the reconstruction of 10-km Eleyele-Akufo; rehabilitation of Akufo junction-Eruwa Road; and expansion of Oke-Adu-Agodi-Gate-Idi-Ape- Iwo Road interchange.
These projects are being financed through a mixed bag of the Federal Government’s infrastructure development loan, internally-generated revenue sources and contractor funding.
Addressing market women and residents along Beere, Orita-Merin, Agbeni-Ogunpa road, Governor Abiola Ajimobi said the road would be expanded to ease the perennial traffic congestion in the area.
He assured the traders that the construction work would begin in April and explained that the strategic location of Agbeni market and its importance as an economic hub of the state had made it imperative for the government to embark on the project.
The governor said that similar consideration would be extended to other markets and locations across the state in what he called the sustained road revolution agenda of his administration.
Allaying the fears of the people that the new project might be abandoned, Ajimobi stressed that the state government had already secured a bond to finance the project from the beginning to the end.
“By next month (April), we are starting the expansion of this road from Agodi-Gate straight to Dugbe to enhance commercial activities and end traders’ penchant for displaying of wares on the roads.
“I’m confident that the expansion will boost your sales and open up the markets along the road to more people to engage in buying and selling. It is all for your good. We have secured a bond as financial support to execute the project.
“From the joy I can in your faces, I’m happy that we have made the right decision in choosing this project. We will always embark on people-oriented projects, which we are sure will always bring relief to our people.
“Let me assure people in other areas that the government has not neglected them. As soon as the state finances improve, we will move to another area. The road revolution agenda of our administration is unstoppable.”
Akinremi Feyisipo