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Oyo Govt. Will Repair Five Kilometers Rural Roads Weekly Across 33 LGs – Oyo Speaker |OGBOMOSO INFO|





Beyond the N7.6billion embarked for the Eruwa and Akufo farm settlement, the Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin has said the State government plans to ease the stress off farmers further in the State by repairing five kilometers rural roads weekly across the 33 local governments.
Describing rural roads as routes that link farms and villages to communities, Ogundoyin noted that the plan of the State government is to be grading the interlinking roads so as to make movement of inputs to the farms and produces back to the markets easier for farmers in the State.
He revealed this while addressing participants of Eruwa Agricultural Summit, held at his constituency- Ibarapa East Local government.
According to him, farmers are facing enormous challenges which Governor Seyi Makinde’s led administration is ready to solve considering the commitment of the State to it’s vision of making Oyo State the Agro-investment hub of the country.
He said, “Though they say government has no business in business, but I can tell you we are working round the clock to genuinely turn around the fortune of agricultural business in Oyo State by providing needed infrastructures and workable policies to achieve this objectives.
“N4.6billion and N3 billion have been approved for reviving of Eruwa and Akufo farm settlement respectively, making it a total of 7.6 billion naira. We are working on the water dams to ensure it can function and serve both agricultural purpose to these farm estates and water supply for domestic use of our people too.
“As soon as we have caretaker chairmen in place now, weekly, five kilometers of our rural roads linking our farms and villages to towns and cities will be graded in each local government. If we do this throughout the dry season, definitely the impact will be massive and our farmers will be happy.

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