Group Sends SOS To Umahi Over Deplorable State Of Federal Roads In Ekiti.

Group Sends SOS To Umahi Over Deplorable State Of Federal Roads In Ekiti. 

Mr. David Umahi, the Minis­ter of Works, has been urged to ensure the repair of feder­al roads in Ekiti State.

A group, Ayebode Pro­gressive Association (APA), a development organ of Ayebode-Ekiti, in the state, regretted the deplorable state of federal roads in the state, saying that some of the communities have been cut off.

A statement by Mr. Femi Owoeye, the Spokesman, APA, lamented that one of the badly affected commu­nities located was within the Ekiti North Senatorial District of the state.

Owoeye appealed to Uma­hi to provide succour for the, saying that the dilapidated roads had led to avoidable gridlock within the area.

According to him, for over seven weeks, incessant trail­er traffic standstill had con­stituted health and security hazards for the communities located within Ikole and Ek­iti East Local governments

In particular, APA urged the minister to incorporate Ekiti State federal roads in his ongoing inspection tour and mapping of critical fed­eral road infrastructure beg­ging for urgent intervention.

He said: “The minister needs to tour Ekiti State, be­cause he needs to personally see things for himself.”

The group lamented that the network of federal roads, which naturally should have been a blessing to the state and its people, had been a curse, suggesting that suc­cessive federal ministers of works possibly missed the state on their radar.