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Sunday 20 July 2014

Dualisation of roads to be completed by october- Ajimobi

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has assured that the Iseyin Road-Owode-Palace Road currently being dualized will be completed by October, even as he promised to construct a befitting palace for the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III.

The governor gave the assurance while addressing the people of the state at the arcade of the Alaafin  in Oyo town on Friday.

Governor Ajimobi had earlier joined Oba Adeyemi, the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mrs. Monsurat Sunmonu, members of the State Executive Council and other dignitaries to observe the Jumat Service at the Ansar-Ud=Deen Central Mosque in the town where he admonished  the worshippers to continue to support  and pray for the success of his administration.

He told the mammoth crowd who had thronged the palace to welcome him to the ancient town that work on the dualization of the Oyo township road was a bit delayed due to variations in the projects and some other logistics.

Although he said that the road project was initially billed to be completed by August, he, however, assured that it would be completed latest by October 2014.

The governor also disclosed that the contract for the radio station being proposed for  Oyo town named Atiba FM would be formally awarded next week, adding that government had concluded negotiations with some Chinese partners that would handle the project.

He promised that the radio station, when it eventually comes on stream, would have the latest broadcasting equipment that would make it a reference point in broadcasting in Nigeria.

Governor Ajimobi also promised that the popular Atiba Hall, rehabilitated by the immediate past administration but which is currently in a state of disrepair, would be rehabilitated and made befitting, while rehabilitation work had already reached an advanced stage at the Durbar Stadium.

He said the two waterworks in Oyo town were currently being expanded, adding that when completed, they would be working at 95 per cent capacity and that the whole of the town would have regular water supply.

The governor commended Oba Adeyemi for his unflinching support to his administration and for his fatherly role which he said had helped tremendously in the successes so far recorded by his administration in the last three years.

He also expressed appreciation to the people of Oyo Town for their support and cooperation with his government, promising that he would ensure the completion of the various projects being executed in the town by his administration.

The Alaafin, while speaking at the mosque, commended the governor for his monumental achievements, assuring that the people of the ancient town were with him and his government.