Politics: We’ll complete all projects before May –Ajimobi

The Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi has promised that all the road projects going on in the state will be completed before May.

The governor gave the assurance in Ibadan on Friday during a press conference, adding that dwindling federal allocations had delayed the completion of the roads.

Ajimobi told journalists that the conversion of the roads leading to the six zones in the state to dual carriage ways needed to be handled efficiently to guarantee quality construction and longer life span.

He said, “If you look at the roads under construction across the state, you will find out that the first thing we did was to ensure that all major inlets into the six zones in the state were extended to dual carriage ways. The dual carriage ways never existed before we came in. It is a massive project that must be perfectly executed.

“All these roads will be completed before this first term ends. In fact, we would have completed them before now but for the cash crunch that we are facing. Most of the ones in Ibadan are completed but we are yet to open them officially.”

Giving a breakdown of the projects, Ajimobi said while one of the projects in Ibadan was awaiting official opening, its second phase would take a little longer to be completed.

The governor added, “The one in Challenge end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway is completed but its second phase that extends to Orita-Challenge has yet to be completed, although the contractor has assured us that he will complete the work soon.

“The dual carriage way that is being constructed in Oyo town is 90 per cent completed. What remains there will not take four weeks to be completed. The one in Ogbomoso would have been completed by now but the Federal Government failed to do its trunk A road in the town; so it diverted heavy vehicles to the major section of the road which we had earlier completed, causing huge damage. The road is not meant for such heavy vehicles.

“We have appealed to the people that we will have to restructure the road to accommodate heavy vehicles. We will soon complete work on the road.”