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By Raymond Osho
ABEOKUTA – The Ogun state government on Thursday, August 20, 2020 disclosed that it has spent a total of 4.325 billion naira within six months on road construction and rehabilitation.
The State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Adebowale Akinsanya, disclosed this while defending the Ministry’s 2020 budget performance before members of the State House of Assembly Committee on Works and Infrastructure led by Abayomi Fasuwa at the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.
According to the Commissioner, the roads include: Epe Road in Ijebu Ode-Mojoda, Fajol-Ajegunle, Alogi, Oba Erinwole, Sagamu, Molipa, Fesogboye/Ojofa Street in Ijebu-Ode, Osi-Ikola-Navy Command Road, Ota and Panseke-Adigbe Road.
Others are Vespa-Ikorita Meje-Olose Titun road in Ifo, Araromi-Sokoto Road in Iperu Remo, Oru-Awa-Ilaporu Ibadan Road, grading of Ikoro Otun Lafenwa, palliative works on Ojere-Oba-Lisabi Road and Egbebi road in Abeokuta amongst others.
He added that the sum of N142.03m was expended on recurrent including salaries and other overhead within the period under review.
In a related development, the General Manager, State Public Works Agency (OGPWA), Arch. Gbenga Akintola said that the agency had worked on over 30 roads across the three Senatorial Districts between January and June this year with the adoption of the most cost effective measures for all works done.
The exercise which he said gulped N48.249m included spreading of stone base and asphalting, excavation, backfilling and construction of concrete drains, drainage distillation and repair of failed portions of roads across the State.
The Assembly pledged to continue to open up the industrialization and economic frontiers of the State through its infrastructural and other developmental projects.
