Rep Salam facilitates rehabilitation of key Osun road neglected for decades
By Joy Okosieme
Succour has come for the people of Ede Federal Constituency in Osun State with the commencement of the rehabilitation of the Awo-Aato-Iragberi-Ejigbo Road.
The road, which fallen into disrepair following several decades of abandonment by successive governments, cracked to life with the arrival on March 23, 2021 of a team of engineers from the Federal Road Maintenance Agency( FERMA) to commence rehabilitation work on it.
FERMA’s mobilization to the road, which links the ancient towns of Ejigbo, Aato, Iragberi, Awo and other villages in Ede Federal Constituency of Osun State, is the result of the tireless lobby by Rep. Salam who represents the Ede North, Ere South, Egbedore and Ejigbo Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives. Rehaobligation of the road is one many projects lined up for execution by the lawmaker.
Commencement of work on the road, which took off at the Iwo-Ibadan end of the road, is the culmination of sustained lobby of the Presidency and the Federal Ministry of Works by Rep Salam. At meetings with Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and Babatunde Fashola, Rep Salam drew attention to the strategic importance of the road to the economic well being of Osun State and residents of the Federal Constituency.
Flagging off the rehabilitation work, the Osun State FERMA headed by Engr Bamidele Fasoranti, which handling the job, assured community leaders in the area of an enduring job which will end the recurring damage to critical portions of the road.
Addressing people at the flag off ceremony, Rep Salam who spoke through his Senior Legislative Aide (SLA), Barrister Akintayo Jimoh, thanked the Federal Ministry of Works through FERMA for complimenting his efforts at bringing an end to the untold pains residents of Awo, Iragberi, Aato, Ejigbo and other adjoining communities have faced on the road for several decades.
He was also full of praises for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for his fatherly role in bringing the project to fruition.
Two notable community leaders at the event, Pa Jogunade Olaonipekun and Alhaji Misbaudeen Akinola expressed joy that Rep. Bamidele Salam was eventually able to break the age long neglect the road has suffered.
They said the rehabilitation would ease pressure on other alternate routes in the area as farmers and other prospective users of the road would have no problem transporting their produce and other services to other parts of the state.
At the flag off were aides of Rep Salam led by Jimoh, PDP Party chairmen in the four local governments of the Federal constituency, the Olu of Gbamila, Oba Lamidi Yusuf, the Balogun of Awo, Chief Dauda Babalola, the Jagun of Awo, Alhaji Saka Adesola, and Alhaji Lateef Adebayo who is the Babakekere of Awo.
Also at the flag off to show enthusiastic support to the project were the chairman, Iragberi Development Council, Alhaji Misbaudeen Akinola, prominent PDP leader in Egbedore local government, Pa Jogunade Olaonipekun, Egbedore Local Government PDP Women and Youths Leaders, Alhaja Rashidat Yusuf and Mr Biola Aderinto respectively and other residents of the communities too numerous to mention.
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