Eager to alleviate the suffering of the people of the Edo Central
Senatorial Zone, the Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has
ordered that all the road projects in the zone must be completed as soon
as the rains subside.
Obaseki gave the order to Staff International
Nigeria Limited and other contractors handling the road projects, during
a review of the progress report in Government House, Benin City.
He
stated that the over ten roads being reconstructed in the senatorial
district which includes 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 the people in
that part of the state.
He 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.
Obaseki 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 recorded this year are wreaking havoc in several parts
of the country and across the globe, and slowing 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 the
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, Mr. Obaseki said.”
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