Obaseki Puts Contractors Handling Road Projects in Edo Central on Their Toes

*Insists on immediate completion as rains ebb out

Eager to alleviate the suffering of the people of the Edo Central Senatorial zone, the Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has ordered that all the road projects in the zone must be completed as soon as the rains subside.

Obaseki gave the order to Skaff International Nigeria Limited and other contractors handling the road projects, during a review of the progress report in the Government House, Benin City.

He said the over 10 roads being reconstructed in the senatorial district  which include Ekpoma-Uhumudume–Iruekpen road; Market road in Irua; Old Agbor road in Uromi and Ewohimi-Okaigben road are crucial to the socio-economic wellbeing of the Edo people, particularly the people in that part of the state.

The governor urged the contractors to take advantage of the increasing number of dry days as the rainy season is coming to an end, to fast-track work on the roads in the interest of farmers and other users of the roads in the zone.

 Obaseki assured the people that future road projects would be properly timed in such a manner that most road construction works will start and end in the dry season.

He lamented that the heavy rains recorded this year are wreaking havoc in several parts of the country and across the world, and slowing down the pace of several civil construction works in the state.

According to him, “Edo Central senatorial district has several agrarian communities that produce much of the food we eat in the state and beyond. We are worried that the evacuation of farm produce may be hampered if much pressure is not mounted on the contractors to defy the rains.”

The governor added that “if the roads are not fixed, truck owners would not want to put their trucks on the bad roads. This will increase the quantity of produce that will be wasted in the farms and the impact on farmers’ profit will be huge.”