Governor
Godwin Obaseki has ordered that all road projects in Edo State Central
senatorial district should be completed as soon as the rains subside...
He gave the order to Skaff International
Nigeria Limited and other contractors handling the road projects, during
a review of the progress report in Government House, Benin.
The governor explained that over 10 roads
being reconstructed in the senatorial district, including
Ekpoma-Uhumudume–Iruekpen Road, Market Road in Irua, Old Agbor Road in
Uromi and Ewohimi-Okaigben Road, are crucial to the socio-economic
well-being of Edo people, particularly those in that part of the state.
Obaseki urged the contractors to take
advantage of the increasing number of dry days as the rainy season is
coming to an end, to fast-track work on the roads in the interest of
farmers and other users of the roads in the district.
He assured that future road projects
would be properly timed in such a manner that most road construction
works start and end in the dry season.
He lamented that the heavy rains this
year wreak havoc in several parts of the country and across the globe,
and has slosed down the pace of several civil construction works in the
state.
“Edo Central senatorial district has several agrarian communities that produce much of the food we eat in the state and beyond.
“We are worried that evacuation of farm
produce may be hampered if much pressure is not mounted on the
contractors to defy the rains.
“If the roads are not fixed, truck owners would not want to put their trucks on the bad roads.
“This will increase the quantity of
produce that will be wasted in the farms and the impact on farmers’
profit will be huge,” the governor said.
He noted that the agricultural sector is
key to his administration’s overall economic development plan for the
state and would not condone failure on the part of any contractor
handling roads and other projects.
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