Oyetola approves construction / rehabilitation of Ikire, Ile-Ife township roads

The Governor of the State of Osun has approved the reconstruction and rehabilitation of selected township roads in Ikire and Ile-Ife.

This was disclosed on Wednesday in a statement released by the Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs Funke Egbemode, following the State’s Executive Council meeting on Monday.

Osun government said it had committed the sum of Three Billion, Six Hundred and Twenty-Eight Million, Twenty-Four Thousand, Nine Hundred and Twenty-Three Naira, Seventy-Six kobo (N 3,628,024,923.76) to the project after a detailed procurement process by the Osun Public Procurement Agency. The project will be executed through Alternative-Project-Funding-Approach.

It said the rehabilitation of Ikire township roads were awarded at a well-negotiated price of One Billion, One Hundred Million, Four Hundred and Eighteen Thousand, Four Hundred and Sixty-Nine Naira, Forty-Seven kobo only (N 1,100,418,479.47).

It also said the rehabilitation of selected township roads in Ile-Ife were awarded at a well-negotiated price of Two Billion, Five Hundred and Twenty-Seven Million, Six Hundred and Six Thousand, Four Hundred and Fifty-Four Naira, Twenty-Nine kobo only (N 2,527,606,454.29). The quoted sums are inclusive of all statutory deductions.

According to Osun government, the selected township roads for reconstruction and rehabilitation in Ile-Ife include : Ife/Ede Road-Oduduwa Estate WASCA Road 7 (OAU Campus Gate); Road 7; Mukoro/Itagun Modi Road-Oke Isokun-Ilode Ifewara Road; Itaasin-Ita Agbon-Aderemi Road; Mukoro-Itagun Road with link to Olubukun; and spot rehabilitation of O.A.U. Ile-Ife – OAUTH Ile-Ife link road. The selected township roads for reconstruction and rehabilitation in Ikire include :Sango roundabout –Iyana Onimalu along Ikire- Odeyinka road ; Sango roundabout – Obada, Ikire , Sango roundabout – Palace Junction , Ikire ; Unity School – Sango roundabout, Ikire and Orita Onimalu – GT Hotel Agala Junction , Off Ikire – Odeyinka road , Ikire .

The government further disclosed that the rehabilitation of Ikire township roads will be undertaken by Messrs Slavabogu Nigeria Limited, while the rehabilitation of the selected Ile-Ife township roads will be undertaken by Messrs Dejide Investments Limited.

The statement further reaffirmed the commitment of the Oyetola’s led administration to fulfill his electoral promise to the good people of the state by raising the bar of infrastructure in a manner that would reflect adequate, quality and equitable service delivery. The projects which are to commence immediately are expected to be completed in record time.