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Oyo State Compendium of Infrastructure Delivery Projects 2019 - 2023 Accomplished by the executive Governor Engr, Seyi Makinde, FNSE, D.Sc Vol 1b Compiled by Engr Seyi Adeleye, MNSE
Oyo State Compendium of Infrastructure Delivery Projects 2019 - 2023
Accomplished by the executive Governor Engr, Seyi Makinde, FNSE, D.Sc
Vol 1b Compiled by Engr Seyi Adeleye, MNSE
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SAKI TOWNSHIP ROAD<br />
OYO STATE<br />
THE PACESETTER<br />
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Dualization of Shaki Township<br />
along Oke –Ogun Poly – Ilesha Baruba Road. (9.7km)<br />
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Saki Township Road Dualization Project
GSM<br />
INFRASTRUCTURE<br />
REVOLUTION<br />
Commissioning of<br />
9.7km Saki Township<br />
Road Project<br />
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His Excellency Engr. OluSeyi<br />
Abiodun Makinde D.Sc, FNSE<br />
the Executive Governor of Oyo State<br />
at the Commissioning of the 9.7km<br />
Saki Township Road Dualisation Project<br />
on Thursday, January 27, 2022<br />
et me start by thanking my dear brother,<br />
LHisExcellency, Governor Ahmadu Umaru<br />
Fintiri of Adamawa State, for honouring us<br />
with hispresence here today as we commission<br />
this very strategic road to the people of Saki, Oke-<br />
Ogun zone – the Saki Township Road. It has been<br />
delightful watching all the displays of culture here<br />
and the warm welcome you all have given us.<br />
When people see us celebrating a road<br />
construction, they sometimes say it’s a third<br />
world concept. They ask: What are they<br />
celebrating? Why are they celebrating? But,<br />
looking at the faces of everyone here today we<br />
can answer, we are celebrating accelerated<br />
development. Because everywhere a strategic<br />
road goes, development follows immediately.<br />
This principle did not start with us. History has<br />
it that the rst road for motorised vehicles in<br />
Nigeria was built here in Oyo State in 1906.<br />
That road linked Ibadan to Oyo Town. And the<br />
main purpose of that road was to move people and<br />
agricultural products from Oyo to Ibadan and then<br />
to the ports for export.<br />
This is why I am excited about the road<br />
linkages we are creating here in the Oke-Ogun<br />
zone. Oke-Ogun is our breadbasket and<br />
agricultural capital. So. linking Oke-Ogun up<br />
with the rest of the zones means that we can<br />
easily move our produce on for export, either<br />
by air through our Airport-Ajia Road being<br />
reconstructed or through the proposed inland<br />
dry port which is just off the Moniya-Iseyin<br />
Road, which we have also completed.<br />
We know from history that all of this work we<br />
have put in will bring about the needed<br />
development to our dear state. As we always<br />
say, for our state to take that leading role that we<br />
all dream of, we must take development beyond<br />
Ibadan.<br />
We cannot afford to continue in the trajectory<br />
where one part of the state is generating the<br />
revenue that all the other parts of the state benet<br />
from. This will only create another Nigerian<br />
situation in Oyo State. We all already know how<br />
some parts of the country feel about other parts<br />
because they believe it is their revenue that everyone<br />
is sharing.<br />
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It is time to diversify. And a proper road linkage is the rst step in<br />
this diversication. When we say we are engineering a<br />
modern Oyo State, this is what we mean. We mean we are<br />
designing and building a modern Oyo State.<br />
The foundation of that design is a proper road network.<br />
This is why we will not ignore any viable road projects<br />
started by our predecessors.<br />
We know that it is possible to decide to play politics with<br />
development as some people did in the past. All of us here are<br />
witnesses to how some people came and said “eh, I will not nish<br />
the others started.” “Eh, I have to start and nish my own<br />
project”.<br />
This is why they are confused by our style of governance.<br />
Like I have said in the past, we will nish all uncompleted<br />
projects which are strategic to the development of our<br />
dear state. And when we nish them, we will commission them<br />
just as we are doing now. Because, when you are running a race,<br />
the question people usually ask is not, “How many people<br />
started the race?” No, it is “How many people nished the<br />
race?” It is among those who nished the race that we will<br />
choose winners.<br />
Therefore, we will nish uncompleted and abandoned projects<br />
for the benet of the good people of Oyo State.<br />
So, when they come to you and say, “Eh, the Saki Township<br />
Road was it not the former people that started it?” Tell<br />
them, “Yes, it doesn’t matter who started it, what matters<br />
is that someone nished it because this is how we engineer a<br />
modern Oyo State.”<br />
For the records, let me remind us all that the contract for this road<br />
was initially awarded in 2016, and for over three years, the contractor<br />
remained here, holding the people of Saki to ransom. In fact, as of<br />
when the contract was revoked in September 2020, the contractor<br />
had only done less than 15% of the job. But here we are today, just<br />
about 15 months after we revoked that contract celebrating another<br />
promise delivered. And we are delivering this 9.7km Saki Township<br />
Road at a relatively lower cost than when it was rst awarded in 2016.<br />
We made roughly One Billion Naira in savings.<br />
And this is what we will continue to do. We will continue to deliver<br />
good governance to the people of Oyo State with zero<br />
wastage.<br />
We will continue to make Oyo State the proof that good<br />
governance is possible in Nigeria. We are kickstarting an<br />
infrastructural revolution that will make people say once again<br />
with all pride, “We have roots in the Pacesetter State.” “We<br />
are proudly Oyo.”<br />
And with this, we will proceed with my brother, His Excellency,<br />
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri to commission the 9.7km Saki Township<br />
Road to the glory of God and the for benet of the good people of<br />
Oyo State.<br />
Thank you and God bless you.<br />
Governor Seyi Makinde,<br />
January 27, 2022<br />
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Commissioning proper by His Excellency, Governor Umaru FINTIRI, The Executive Governor of Adamawa State,<br />
as hosted by His Excellency Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde, FNSE
BRIEF DESCRIPTION<br />
of the PROJECT<br />
The 9.7km Saki Township Road was<br />
ofcially commissioned Thursday<br />
27th January, 2022 by the Executive<br />
Governor of Adamawa State. Alhaji<br />
Umaru Fintiri in a ceremony hosted by<br />
the Executive Governor of Oyo State<br />
Engr. Seyi Makinde FNSE<br />
The whole of Saki Township was agog<br />
with celebration on Thursday<br />
morning, as the teeming masses<br />
welcome the Governor’s entourage<br />
at Km. 0.0 at about 10:50am.<br />
The Governor inspected a guard<br />
mounted by the Command Secondary<br />
School and then proceeded to the<br />
venue through the midst of excited<br />
School Children and teeming masses.<br />
A welcome to Saki message was<br />
delivered by the Chief Justice of Oyo<br />
State Hon. Justice Muktar Abimbola,<br />
who alose used the opportunity to give<br />
a brief history of Saki and how the name<br />
was given.<br />
The welcome to the commissioning<br />
was given by the Honourable<br />
Commissioner for Works, Professor<br />
Dahud Kehinde Shangodoyin, who<br />
used the opportunity to give details of<br />
the project.<br />
Goodwill message on behalf of the<br />
good people of Saki was delivered by<br />
HRM Oba Kahlid Oyeniyi, in which he<br />
c o n v e y e d t h e c o n f e r m e n t o f<br />
Chieftaincy titles on the governor and<br />
wife.<br />
Contractor<br />
Peculiar Ultimate<br />
Concern Ltd.<br />
Date of Award<br />
22nd September, 2020<br />
Length of Road<br />
9.7km<br />
Project Funding Model<br />
Alternative Project<br />
Funding Approach<br />
(APFA)<br />
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COMMISSIONING OF 5.25KM<br />
GEDU - OROKISABO - ASHIPA ROAD<br />
WEDNESDAY 16TH MARCH, 2022
Governor Seyi Makinde's Remarks at the<br />
Gedu-Oroki-Sabo-Asipa Road Commissioning<br />
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His Excellency Engr. OluSeyi<br />
Abiodun Makinde D.Sc, FNSE<br />
the Executive Governor of Oyo State<br />
at the Commissioning of the<br />
Gedu-Oroki-Sabo-Asipa-Road,<br />
Oyo State, on Thursday, March 17, 2022<br />
et me once again, thank His<br />
LExcellency, Governor Bala<br />
Abdulkadir Mohammed of Bauchi<br />
State, for being here with us today. We<br />
appreciate your honouring us with your<br />
presence as we return to Oyo Town<br />
again, this time, to commission the<br />
Gedu-Oroki-Sabo-Asipa Road.<br />
Just about three months ago, we were<br />
here to ofcially ag off the 34.85km<br />
Oyo-Iseyin Road.<br />
I am sure everyone can see the work is<br />
going on well.<br />
When people hear that this road is ve<br />
point two kilometres, they might say, oh,<br />
it's a small road. But when you look at the people who came out today to celebrate this small<br />
road, you will realise how important it is to them. This Gedu-Oroki-Sabo-Asipa Road links Oyo<br />
West and Atiba Local Government Areas in the Oyo-Ile area of our state. It also links the<br />
North-South Federal (A1) Highway route 2, connecting the 35km Oyo-Iseyin and the 77km<br />
Ogbomoso–Iseyin Roads.<br />
So, it might be small to some, but to our people here in Oyo Ile, is it small?<br />
Yes, we will continue to full our mandate to our people, in small ways and big ways.<br />
Part of that mandate is to stem rural-urban migration by ensuring good road network<br />
and interconnectivity outside Ibadan Zone.<br />
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Very soon, in fact, in the next two months, we will be counting three<br />
years in ofce. And we will be presenting our scorecard. The<br />
good thing is that our scorecard is not hidden. In road<br />
construction alone, we have over 550 kilometres of roads, both<br />
completed and ongoing.<br />
We have successfully laid the proper foundation for<br />
engineering a modern Oyo State.<br />
As we have said repeatedly, we believe that anywhere that roads go,<br />
development follows. And so, when we promised that we would<br />
move the good people of Oyo State from poverty to prosperity, we<br />
knew that a lot of our plans would be hinged on creating a viable<br />
road network through rehabilitations, reconstructions and<br />
constructions.<br />
So far, we have done a lot of work around the Oke-Ogun-Oyo-<br />
Ibadan axis. And we are seeing how much development this has<br />
brought in less than three years. Development means that more<br />
businesses are seeing Oyo State open up, and they are coming<br />
to site their companies here.<br />
When these companies come here, they pay taxes. And so, we<br />
have been able to raise our Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) by a<br />
record N15 billion in 2 years.<br />
And when these monies come into our purse, we plough it<br />
back into development. So when they ask, “Nibo ni Seyi<br />
n'rowo?” You can tell them: “owo development ni o”. Because<br />
we are reinvesting these monies into the economy.<br />
More recently, we are expanding the road network and linking Oke-<br />
Ogun to Ogbomoso through the Iseyin-Fapote-Ogbomoso Road.<br />
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This seventy-six point seven-kilometre road will serve the<br />
same purpose as the Moniya-Ijaiye-Iseyin Road – providing a<br />
vital link between two zones.<br />
Now that we have successfully linked these four<br />
zones, people will ask: what about the fth zone?<br />
What about the people of Ibarapaland?<br />
We have a message for our people in Ibarapa Zone. We are<br />
coming for you!<br />
Yes, we did not forget you.<br />
The Englishman says the patient dog eats the fattest bone,<br />
but our people say it is the person who gets the bottom of<br />
the pot that eats the sweetest part of the food.<br />
In our bid to engineer a modern Oyo State, the<br />
people of Ibarapa will not be left out. We have reawarded<br />
the reconstruction of the 58km Omi Adio-Ido-<br />
Eruwa Road. Also, we have approved the limited<br />
rehabilitation of the Igboora-Igangan-Iganna Road while the<br />
reconstruction of the Isaba-Ogundoyin Road, Eruwa is<br />
currently ongoing.<br />
We did not come into government without a plan. We<br />
knew what we wanted to accomplish, and I am happy that<br />
you are all seeing a modern Oyo State develop before your<br />
very eyes.<br />
An Oyo State where no zone is left behind in our<br />
development plan.<br />
An Oyo State we can all be proud of.<br />
So today, we are here to rejoice with the people of Oyo<br />
Zone as we commission this 5.2km Gedu-Oroki-Sabo-Asipa<br />
Road.<br />
And on that note, I invite my brother, His Excellency,<br />
Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, the Executive<br />
Governor of Bauchi State, to perform the commissioning to<br />
the glory of God and for the benet of the good people of<br />
Oyo State.<br />
Thank you, and God bless you.<br />
Seyi Makinde,<br />
March 17, 2022<br />
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Governor Seyi Makinde at the Official<br />
Flag-Off of the Construction of the<br />
Saki-Ogbooro-Igboho Road<br />
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His Excellency Engr. OluSeyi<br />
Abiodun Makinde D.Sc, FNSE<br />
the Executive Governor of Oyo State<br />
at the Official Flag-Off of the<br />
Construction of the Saki-Ogbooro<br />
-Igboho Road<br />
on Monday, May 31, 2021.<br />
et me welcome you all to the ofcial ag-off<br />
Lof the 45.3km Saki-Ogbooro-Igboho Road.<br />
The road was awarded for N8.7billion and<br />
the contractors are Messrs China Civil Engineering<br />
Construction Corporation (CCECC). They have<br />
been on site for the past three months and we can<br />
see how far they've gone. We are expecting that this<br />
project will be completed in May 2022. And the<br />
contractors have assured me that it will be ready.<br />
The road is of great economic signicance to the<br />
people of Saki, Ogbooro and Igboho. It will serve as<br />
a link between these communities and we all know<br />
what happens when communities are linked –<br />
economic boom. We have seen this happen in<br />
other areas where we have opened up through<br />
roads. People who moved out of Apete are now<br />
returning because their road is better. And even<br />
closer to you here, with the reconstruction of the<br />
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Moniya-Iseyin Road, we see farm estates springing up<br />
on both sides of the road.<br />
When you think of it, you will see that a good road<br />
network serves as the foundation for development in<br />
other sectors. For example, we cannot have a<br />
thriving tourism industry when the roads are<br />
bad. When people think of how much they have to<br />
suffer to get to some destinations, they will rather<br />
just stay away.<br />
So, when people ask us why we have not started<br />
doing something visible about our tourism sites, I<br />
usually tell them, one thing at a time. First, we<br />
create the needed infrastructure and then we<br />
build on it. As I always say, our plan is to lift the<br />
people out of Oyo State from poverty to prosperity.<br />
To accomplish this, we have to take decisions<br />
based on science, data and logic.<br />
So, you can clearly see the logic behind why we are<br />
now turning attention to tourism at this time. We<br />
needed to build the base infrastructure. And we are<br />
not resting on our oars. We will continue to deliver<br />
good roads and quality infrastructure to our people.<br />
On this note, I hereby ofcially ag off the<br />
reconstruction Saki-Ogbooro-Igboho Road, to the<br />
glory of God and the for benet of the good people<br />
of Oyo State.<br />
Seyi Makinde<br />
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THE RECONSTRUCTION /<br />
REHABILITATION OF<br />
Oyo-Iseyin Road<br />
(34.85km) Project<br />
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GOVERNOR SEYI MAKINDE'S<br />
REMARKS AT THE FLAG-OFF OF<br />
THE 38.45KM OYO-ISEYIN ROAD<br />
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As you drive in from the Oyo end of this road, you will<br />
see the amount of work that Messrs Kopek<br />
Construction Ltd have already done on this road. I'm<br />
sure the good people of Oyo are already seeing the benets<br />
of this road construction. And when it is completed, it will<br />
become a vital link between the farming communities of<br />
Oke-Ogun and Oyo, providing the much-needed market<br />
linkage between these zones.<br />
Well, this is the ofcial ag-off of the construction, but the<br />
contractors have been on-site for ve months. You can now<br />
do the maths to see if they are on course to complete their<br />
work within the scheduled one year. They have assured us<br />
that this will happen.<br />
Permit me at this point to once again welcome my brother,<br />
His Excellency Douye Diri, the Executive Governor of<br />
Bayelsa State and thank him for honouring us with his<br />
presence to ag off this road construction ofcially.<br />
As I mentioned, Messrs Kopek Construction is handling this<br />
contract. The total contract sum which was originally eight<br />
point four billion Naira (N8.4 billion) was increased to nine<br />
point nine billion Naira (N9.9 billion) last month.<br />
As you may be aware, this is a federal road being reconstructed by the<br />
Oyo State Government. So, after consultation with the Federal<br />
Government, we were given specications to comply with.<br />
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For example, we had to increase the width of the road from<br />
10.75m to 12.75m to meet the federal government<br />
specications. We are executing the project using the<br />
Alternative Project Funding Approach (APFA).<br />
Let me take a few minutes to talk about our approach to<br />
executing projects in Oyo State.<br />
Some people are still confused as to how we are still<br />
agging off projects when some states are nding it<br />
difcult to pay salaries. They do not understand how we are<br />
raising Oyo State's Internally Generated Revenue (IGR),<br />
building our economy and engineering a modern Oyo State.<br />
With APFA, the contractor funds the project, and we pay back<br />
over an agreed period of time. And let me make this clear: you<br />
have my word that not one Naira will be left unpaid to any<br />
contractor under APFA at the end of our current tenure.<br />
For example, for this project, which was awarded in June this<br />
year, the repayment period is seventeen (17) months. This<br />
means that the project will be completed before all the<br />
repayments are made. However, the last repayment will be<br />
made by December 2022.<br />
And so, what do they do?<br />
They go to town with stories.<br />
Seyi Makinde is taking on hidden debts. He is going to turn our<br />
children into slaves. The debt he is leaving, we don't know<br />
how many years it will take us to pay it.<br />
All lies, fake news and disinformation.<br />
Our secret to carrying on these projects is the<br />
Alternative Project Funding Approach (APFA). And I can<br />
say it's an open secret. Because from when we started using it,<br />
we have always been open and transparent about it.<br />
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So, do not allow anyone to confuse you—road construction is<br />
a big part of our engineering a modern Oyo State.<br />
The building of roads forms the foundation of the<br />
development of all other sectors of the four pillars of our<br />
governance as clearly outlined in our Roadmap to<br />
Accelerated Development in Oyo State, 2019-2023<br />
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You need good roads to drive to healthcare centres. Without<br />
good roads, our children cannot go to school. How will our<br />
farmers get to the markets if the roads are bad? And no<br />
matter how many vehicles we give to security agencies,<br />
how will they be able to get to people in trouble when the<br />
roads are bad?<br />
So, we will continue to build a viable road network for our dear<br />
state. This is the path to sustainable development.<br />
We look forward to coming back here in seven months to<br />
commission this 34.85km Oyo-Iseyin Road to the glory of God<br />
and for the benet of the good people of Oyo State.<br />
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Ogbomoso<br />
- Iseyin Road
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Ogbomoso - Fapote<br />
- Iseyin Road<br />
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Governor Seyi Makinde’s Remarks<br />
at the Flag Off of the 76.67km<br />
Ogbomoso-Fapote-<br />
Iseyin Road<br />
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His Excellency Engr. OluSeyi<br />
Abiodun Makinde D.Sc, FNSE<br />
the Executive Governor<br />
of Oyo State<br />
at the Flag Off of the 76.67km<br />
Ogbomoso-Fapote-Iseyin Road<br />
on Wednesday, May 18, 2022.<br />
We are here today to ag-off of the<br />
76.67km Ogbomoso-Fapote-Iseyin Road<br />
construction here in Ogbomoso.<br />
But before I go on with my remarks, let me stop and<br />
say a big thank you to my brother, the Executive<br />
Governor of Kwara State, His Excellency AbdulRasaq<br />
AbdulRahman. We are very happy that you could join<br />
us here today, especially as you are our next-door<br />
neighbour.<br />
Many people may not know, but Oyo State<br />
shares a border with Kwara State here at<br />
Ogbomoso and so, this road is of vital economic<br />
importance to both states. When it comes to the<br />
facilitation of trade between the two states and the<br />
movement of agricultural produce, our farmers and<br />
other investors will be able to go from Iseyin all the way to Kwara through this<br />
route. Also, the road will facilitate easy commutes between the Ladoke Akintola<br />
University of Technology (LAUTECH) campuses in Ogbomoso and Iseyin.<br />
As we always say, every project we embark on here in Oyo State, will<br />
have data and logic behind it. So, for those asking, this is the logic behind this<br />
road construction. We are facilitating both intracity and interstate movements.<br />
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It bears repeating that where roads go,<br />
development follows. And so, in our quest to<br />
continue in the work of engineering a modern<br />
Oyo State, we will continue executing road<br />
projects.<br />
Some people have come out to say we<br />
should focus on one section of the state and<br />
ensure it is developed. But this is not the<br />
path to sustainable development. As I have<br />
said in the past, we do not want to recreate<br />
the problem with Nigeria in Oyo State.<br />
Today, we are talking about restructuring as the<br />
way forward for Nigeria because people in one<br />
section of the country believe that they are the<br />
ones creating all the wealth that people from the<br />
other sections are benetting from.<br />
So here in Oyo State, we have chosen that we<br />
will develop all the zones in the state and the<br />
best way to do this is by creating an effective<br />
road network.<br />
In this way, we are leveraging our comparative<br />
advantage in agriculture.<br />
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Because of what good is it that our farmers are producing but<br />
they cannot move their produce to the market? Or that they have<br />
access to just local markets where only people from the same vicinity<br />
can buy, whereas they can get paid more when they are able to easily<br />
travel to larger markets not just within the state but also outside it.<br />
Of course, this our view of expanding the economy through efcient<br />
road network may not be understood by many, especially those who<br />
do not have the interests of the people at heart. Or how else will<br />
you explain it that someone questioning the importance of the<br />
Airport-Ajia-New Ife Road with a spur to Amuloko and the<br />
Iseyin-Ogbomoso Road projects, saying they have little or no<br />
economic value to the state.<br />
People of Ogbomoso, is this road of value?<br />
What about our brothers in Iseyin, do you think this road is important?<br />
So, we will continue to fulll our mandate given to us by the people.<br />
We will not relent in all our efforts to move Oyo State to prosperity<br />
as we focus on protecting the interests of the good people of our<br />
dear state.<br />
And on that note, I will give my brother, His Excellency, Governor<br />
AbdulRasaq AbdulRahman, the opportunity to speak to us and then we<br />
will proceed to ag off the 76.67Km Ogbomoso-Fapote-Iseyin Road<br />
project to the glory of God and for the benet of the good people of<br />
Oyo State.<br />
Thank you and God bless you.<br />
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OMI TITUN<br />
TRANSFORMATION STAGE<br />
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Senator Rashidi<br />
Adewolu Ladoja<br />
Residen al GRA<br />
Pressure Reduc on & Metering<br />
Sta on (PRMS)<br />
– Shell Nigeria Gas<br />
Senator Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja<br />
Circular Road Interchange 1<br />
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INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT<br />
SUPPORTING ECONOMIC EXPANSION:<br />
IBADAN ZONE
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THE<br />
SENATOR<br />
RASHIDI ADEWOLU<br />
LADOJA<br />
CIRCULAR ROAD<br />
PROJECT<br />
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The<br />
Senator<br />
Rashidi<br />
Adewolu<br />
Ladoja<br />
Circular<br />
Road<br />
Project<br />
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SENATOR RASHIDI ADEWOLU<br />
LADOJA CIRCULAR ROAD<br />
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SENATOR RASHIDI ADEWOLU<br />
LADOJA CIRCULAR ROAD
SENATOR RASHIDI ADEWOLU<br />
LADOJA CIRCULAR ROAD<br />
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SENATOR RASHIDI ADEWOLU<br />
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Flag Off<br />
The Reconstruction/rehabilitation<br />
of Ibadan-Iwo-Osogbo Road (91km)<br />
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Governor Seyi Makinde’s<br />
Remarks at the Official Flag-Off<br />
of the Asphaltic<br />
Reconstruction/Rehabilitation/<br />
Expansion of the Ibadan-Iwo-<br />
Osogbo Road<br />
Today, I want to talk to you about the word<br />
“revolution”. I know, when people hear the<br />
word revolution, they often think of bloody<br />
wars that lead to change in a political order. Well,<br />
don't be alarmed, I am not here to preach violence.<br />
Rather, I am here to talk about a different kind of<br />
revolution that is happening in the south west of<br />
Nigeria but ably led by my brother, Governor Oyetola<br />
and myself.<br />
You know, revolutions always bring to birth a new<br />
order, a new way of doing things. And so, the<br />
revolution in the south west has led to us changing the<br />
former ways of doing things. In the past, every state<br />
used to mind their own business and operate in their<br />
own little corners. But with this new way of doing<br />
things, we are pursuing collaborations with our sister<br />
states.<br />
When we just came in, we started on this path with<br />
one of the biggest collaborations in the history of<br />
south west states. We all came together and decided<br />
on creating the Western Nigeria Security Network<br />
code named Amotekun. And in 2020, we<br />
operationalised the Oyo-Amotekun. As I have said on<br />
many occasions, our people cannot imagine life<br />
without Amotekun.<br />
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lso, just about two years ago, we celebrated<br />
Aanother win that resulted from this revolution. My<br />
brother, our host for this ag-off, His Excellency<br />
Gboyega Oyetola, the Executive Governor of Osun<br />
State, was a big part of that history. He benevolently<br />
acceded to granting us sole ownership of the Ladoke<br />
Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), which<br />
made it possible for me to fulll a campaign promise to<br />
the good people of Oyo State.<br />
Let me once again use this opportunity to say<br />
thank you, egbon.<br />
Additionally, earlier this year, just over six months ago, we<br />
had a handshake with my brother from Ogun State, His<br />
Excellency Dapo Abiodun. You will recall that we held a<br />
joint security meeting over rising security threats at that<br />
time. Together, we worked on securing the lives and<br />
properties of our people at border communities of our<br />
states. Since that collaboration, reports of kidnappings in<br />
that axis have drastically reduced.<br />
Today, I am joining His Excellency Gboyega Oyetola,<br />
and together we are again, making history. This time,<br />
as jointly agreed, we will be linking our dear states<br />
with a road project. And so, another milestone of<br />
collaboration is reached with this agging off of the<br />
asphaltic reconstruction, rehabilitation and expansion of<br />
the Osogbo-Iwo-Ibadan Road. Well, coming from Oyo<br />
State, you would say Ibadan-Iwo-Osogbo Road. Don't be<br />
confused, it's the same road. It's just a matter of direction.<br />
I need to acknowledge also that we have both<br />
demonstrated that politics should be left to those few<br />
months when INEC says we should begin campaigning<br />
either for elections or re-election.<br />
Even then, just as my egbon has demonstrated, we<br />
must practice politics of justice and fairness without<br />
bitterness and rancour. The revolution we are leading<br />
is a revolution of thought, it is a revolution of ideas. And<br />
we are saying, governance must always trump politics.<br />
When we make decisions, we must always put the<br />
interests of our people rst.<br />
Of course, you already know that my brother, the<br />
Governor of Osun State is from an opposing party, the<br />
All Progressives Congress (APC), while I belong to the<br />
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Despite this<br />
difference, we have accomplished things that people<br />
from the same party were unable to do.<br />
This is the revolution we are talking about.<br />
This latest collaboration also comes with dividends of good<br />
governance. When this road is completed, our people will<br />
be able to travel with ease between the states thereby<br />
enhancing trade and commerce.<br />
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And as we always say in Oyo<br />
State, where roads go,<br />
development follows. So, in<br />
the next year or<br />
thereabouts, we will begin<br />
to see the development in<br />
real terms.<br />
I know we are not here to<br />
campaign, but there is a<br />
prophetic word from my<br />
brother and I know that Oyo<br />
State people are ready for<br />
Omituntun 2.0. So, we will<br />
allow God's will to be done.<br />
And on this note we will -ga ot<br />
deecorpoff the entire stretch of<br />
Osogbo-Iwo-Ibadan Road to<br />
the glory of the Almighty God<br />
and for the fo teneb<br />
the good people of Osun and<br />
Oyo States.<br />
Thank you and God bless you.<br />
Seyi Makinde<br />
27th October 2022<br />
Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyetola<br />
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H I S T O R I C A L<br />
BACKGROUND OF IBADAN<br />
- IWO - OSOGBO ROAD<br />
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To Lagos<br />
To Ojoo<br />
To Iwo ,<br />
Osogbo<br />
Iwo Road<br />
Interchange<br />
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Osogbo<br />
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THE UNRAVELING<br />
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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS<br />
OF THE PROJECT<br />
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THE UNRAVELING
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To Ojoo<br />
To Iwo ,<br />
Osogbo<br />
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Iwo Road<br />
Interchange
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