Ondo residents want Akeredolu to complete road project

Ondo State’s Akure South Local Government Area’s Oda Community residents have urged the state government to move quickly with the construction of the community road.

The people bemoaned the road’s delayed progress, which they claimed had begun more than two years earlier, during the first term of the current governor, Rotimi Akeredolu.

It was learned that some settlements, including Pelebe, Ilekun, Weliweli, Ijigba, and Aye communities among others, are also impacted by the road’s bad condition.

Additionally, it was learned that despite the state government’s efforts to dualize a portion of the road, a longer stretch of more than five kilometers is still in disrepair.

Elijah Adesanya, a local resident, pleaded with the state government to fix the road as soon as possible since it was clogged with potholes and frequently became the scene of car accidents.

“It’s unfortunate that we’ve found ourselves in this situation,” he remarked. Every day, the road harms our cars. You need to take your car to the shop twice a week to get it fixed. We are unsure of the offenses in Oda that caused the government to desert us. I have no idea how we will manage until the schools start again.

“We are pleading with the governor to take notice of our cries and hasten the completion of the road. It is difficult for drivers here.

Another resident, Mr. Ayo Ajayi, claimed that the current dualization of the road was in dire need of urgent government action due to the poor condition of the road.

“We are pleading with the governor to give Oda Road his full attention and heal our misery. We belong to the state, and Oda deserves consideration. For the time being, if they know they can’t finish the road, they should patch the holes and make it passable.

However, the state’s commissioner for information and orientation, Mrs. Bamidele Ademola-Olateju, asserted that the Akeredolu-led administration will continue to work on all existing projects.