Contractors promise Aiyedatiwa timely completion of projects.
The Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has expressed his commitment to complete all ongoing projects across the state as he ordered the contractors handling road projects to return to sites and continue the work.
The governor also approved the rehabilitation and asphalt overlay of 60km roads across the state within the next three months.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Ebenezer Adeniyan on Saturday.
According to the statement, some of the affected roads are Oda -Ijoka dualisation in Akure, Owo dualisation, Arigidi-Ogbagi Akoko, and OAUSTECH internal roads, among others.
It noted that projects to receive urgent attention as directed by the governor are the completion of Owo township dualization, Oba Osupa – Oluwatuyi – Ijoka road (Akure) dualisation, completion of Oda dual carriage (Akure), completion of Akure flyover (Onyearugbulem-Shagari-Irese road), construction of 15.89km selected roads in Ondo township among others.
The statement read, “Governor Aiyedatiwa, who had promised that all ongoing infrastructural projects in the state would be completed, directed the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure to mobilise contractors back to the site to speed up work on the projects for early completion.
“The governor expressed the determination of his administration to hit the ground running with the implementation of policies and programmes of government as scheduled to budget, assuring timely payment for jobs done by contractors
The statement added that the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure, Allen Idowu, had relayed the directive of the governor to the concerned contractors.
“The Permanent Secretary said the contractors had expressed their willingness to speed up their projects to meet up with the deadline set by the governor, adding that the officials of the ministry had also been mobilised to play their parts,” the statement read.
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