By Oluwatoyin Adegoke
The Federal Government has renewed its commitment to the efforts at bridging the nation’s infrastructure gap through a gradual process of repairs, renewal and construction on major highways across the country.
Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola gave the assurance at the official handing over of the eight hundred and fifty metres internal road project executed within the premises of the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Idi Aba, Abeokuta.
Represented by the Federal Controller of Works, Ogun State, Mrs Forosola Oloyede, the minister explained that the present administration had successfully intervened in the provision of the internal road network for 64 federal tertiary institutions.
The minister pointed out that special repairs were being carried out on other roads in Ogun State, including the Lagos-Ota, Abeokuta-Ibadan, Ibooro-Ilaro and Papalanto-Obele roads.
In a remark, the Medical Director, FMC, Idi Aba Abeokuta, Professor Olawale Musa-Olomu expressed gratitude that the federal government’s intervention in internal roads would greatly enhance accessibility within the health institution and prevent flooding during the rainy season.
Professor Musa-Olomu also urged the government to expedite action in ensuring the completion of the remaining two-and-a-half kilometre road yet to be tarred.
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