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Oyo Govt To Provide Palliative Works on Moniya-Iseyin Road - Afonja




The popular Moniya-Iseyin road would soon receive palliative works from Oyo State government to ease the difficulties experienced by motorists along the road which has become increasingly impassable by the day due to its near collapse.

The government has appealed to motorists plying the road to show some understanding as it was aware of the difficulties they faced daily and assured of its commitment to fix the road in no distant time.

The State Commissioner for Public Works, Infrastructure and Transportation, Professor Raphael Afonja made this known to reporters while on inspection tour to the road, saying that Governor Seyi Makinde was fully aware of the importance of the road to the State which he said could not be underestimated and was working on getting the road fixed in the shortest time.

"We're aware of the struggles and pains people pass through on this road daily and we're sorry for this, the Governor has the interest of the people at heart and has ordered that palliative measures be carried out speedily pending when the arrangements with the contractor will be finalized.

"We are to roll out palliative measures to ease the pain of the people on this road very soon and this is in the interim till the re-awarded contract is finalized and the contractor moves to site. We are very sorry for the condition of the road and will start work on it without delay, especially to make it less difficult to travel on."

He added that the road which had earlier been contracted out by previous administration was terminated by the present administration as the former handler of the road project was not forth coming with the project and it has been re-awarded to another contractor which would commence work in earnest on the road.

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