Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo has vowed to fix abandoned road projects in Edo Central, which he inherited from the previous administration of by Godwin Obaseki.
According to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary Fred Itua, the Governor disclosed the plans to fix the roads during an inspection of roads across Edo Central Senatorial District at the weekend.
Itua said the renovation of the failed portions of the roads would boost economic activities and make life easy for people in the area.
The statement quoted the Governor as saying: “Bad roads across Edo State are one of the things I inherited from former Governor Godwin Obaseki and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for eight years they were in power.
“I was with the President about a week ago, and he told us as governors to look into our bad roads and fix them. So, I am going round to implement what Mr. President requested from the Governors.
“This Illushin road is a major road linking various parts of the country. We are here to match our words with action regarding these roads. We will start work on the road soon.”
At New Agbor Road in Uromi, the Governor stressed the importance of the road to the economy of Edo State, saying it links the state with the eastern parts of Nigeria and his administration will soon fix it to revive economic activities in the area.
“This road is very important as it is a link and the gateway between the North and the Eastern part of Nigeria.The road can take us to Agbor, Asaba, Onitsha, and other Eastern parts of Nigeria.
“The road is too bad. Look at the way it is. It is not motorable. A few days ago, during a heavy down pour, flooding killed a little girl here. It is painful to us as a government.This is a critical road, and we need to fix it.
“We are here with contractors to look at the road, get first hand information to initiate a solution to the road as we need quick intervention to make the it motorable,” he noted.
The statement also said the Edo state government is already in talks with the construction company “so that they can start palliative measures immediately to enable Edo people to use the road.”
