EKSG Approves Reconstruction Of Ikere-Igbara-Odo Road, Installation Of Solar Powered Streetlights On New Ado-Iyin Road, Others.

EKSG Approves Reconstruction Of Ikere-Igbara-Odo Road, Installation Of Solar Powered Streetlights On New Ado-Iyin Road, Others.

The Ekiti State Executive Council on Wednesday approved the reconstruction of the Ikere-Igbara-Odo road as part of efforts to ensure quality and accessible roads across the State.

The State Commissioner for Information, Rt. Hon. Taiwo Olatunbosun who made this known in Ado Ekiti, reiterated the commitment of Governor Biodun Oyebanji’s administration to the State’s rapid economic growth and improved social activities.

Rt. Hon. Olatunbosun explained that the approval for the reconstruction of the road is part of the administration’s strategy to sustain a good State road network that would link communities with major roads and ease movement around the State.

He however assured that the State Government would continue to collaborate with the Federal Government towards ensuring proper maintenance and repairs of Federal roads in the State.

Stressing that the bad state of the Ikere-Igbara Odo road is negatively affecting optimal performances of business in the area, Olatunbosun added that reconstruction of the road would effectively link the State to Igbara-Oke in Ondo State.

He said that the road, when completed, is expected to ease free flow of traffic, contribute to economic growth, boost other social activities in the area and provide easy access to the Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere Ekiti.

The Commissioner said that the Executive Council also approved the installation of solar streetlight system on the new Ado-Iyin road, Omisanjana junction to Ajebamidele in Ado Ekiti as well as between Mathew junction and Ajilosun via Agric Olope also in the State capital to ensure good visibility at all times for the safety and convenience of road users.

He noted that the conventional streetlights on Ado-Iyin road had hitherto been powered by diesel generators which attracted an undesirable high operational and maintenance cost due to the high cost of diesel and frequent breakdown of the generators, adding that there is also the concern about the system’s high emission of carbon into the environment.

Olatunbosun explained further that a section of the road from the Government House junction up to the INEC office would be connected to the almost completed IPP station while the lights on the remaining stretch would be changed to solar energy as part of the administration’s effort to cut government’s expenses.

On the approval of installation of solar streetlights on the Omisanjana junction to Ajebamidele road via Shepherd School, the Government spokesman said that the ongoing construction of the road network is aimed at speeding up infrastructure and economic growth in the area, adding that the streetlight is aimed at complementing government’s efforts to boost economic development and inhibit activities of hoodlums.

 

Stressing the strategic importance of the Mathew-Ajilosun road, Olatunbosun noted that it serves as an alternative route connecting two key State facilities, the Agric Olope market and Oba Adejugbe hospital.

According to him, the efforts of the present administration in the State have facilitated rapid economic growth in the area that is bound to increase with the influx of market users and dwellers, adding that the installation of streetlights which is a part of the administration’s 5th pillar for infrastructure and industrialization is meant to ensure security in the area.