…inaugurates three road projects
Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State has unveiled the plan of his administration for an Ado Ekiti New City Project which will be a well- planned residential neighborhood that exists side by side with the traditional section of the State capital.
Governor Oyebanji said the ongoing Ring Road Project, which links Iworoko Road with the International Agro Cargo Airport, was embarked upon to develop new areas with the long-term emergence of a new city where development is controlled without altering the Ado-Ekiti traditional setting.
The governor stated this on Monday during the inauguration of three new road projects in different parts of Ado-Ekiti, the State Capital.
The three new roads that were inaugurated are: Jimoh Aliu-Adewumi Road along Adebayo Area, Hospitals Management Board/Doctors’ Quarters Road, and Obisesan-Oke Ala Link Road along Basiri Area of the City. The new roads were also complemented with solar-powered street lights to facilitate illumination and boost nightlife.
The Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba Adeyemo Adejugbe, who was a special guest at the event cut the tape declaring open the Jimoh Aliu-Adewunmi Road, while the Hospitals Management/Doctors’ Quarters Road was inaugurated by the governor himself. Obisesan-Oke Ala Link Road was opened by an elder stateswoman, Ronke Okusanya, who resides on the street.
The inauguration of the road projects in the three locations was turned to carnivals by the appreciative residents, landlords associations, transport union members, community and religious leaders, youths and students who all expressed their readiness to support the governor for a fresh term in office.
House owners, private and commercial vehicle drivers, commercial motorcyclists hailed the governor for spreading development and distribution of amenities to inner neighbourhood, noting that transportation, commercial activities and security of lives and property had been boosted with the development.
Speaking at all the three locations, Governor Oyebanji, who stated that no fewer than 16 road projects were ongoing in different parts of the State in addition to the comprehensive renovation of 11 General Hospitals.
The governor said the communities have roles to play in the maintenance and longevity of the new roads by not blocking the drains with refuse which could render the roads water-logged, thereby damaging the roads.
He charged the landlords associations in the areas to prevent blockage of the drains and also clear them to prevent damage to the roads.
Unveiling his plan for the Ado Ekiti New City project, Governor Oyebanji said the project would cement the status of Ado Ekiti as a rapidly-developing metropolis and deeply- entrenched modernity in the State capital while still maintaining its status as an ancient City.
He said, “Our intention is to develop Ado without altering the traditional setting because it is in our interest to keep Ado the way it is while we give people the opportunity for a new town. That is why we are constructing the Ring Road and once the Ring Road is commissioned, people are free to take positions.
“The place is going to be developed as a New City for Ado so that those that are interested in living a very well-designed environment can go to that place, build their house and development will be controlled. So, we retain the traditional Ado and we have Ado new city.”
The governor pledged that Agric Olope Road and New GRA Extension Phase One Road would be commissioned as part of activities marking the second anniversary of his administration in October while a contractor has been mobilized to site for the construction of Faglo-Basiri Road in Ado Ekiti.
