Transportation

255 Oyo roads earmarked for rehabilitation, repairs – OYSROMA

By Web News 770

Oyo State Government has begun the Bill of Engineering Measurement and Evaluation, BEME, on not less than 255 roads across the state within the 33 local government areas for rehabilitation.

The Chairman, Oyo State Road Maintenance Agency, OYSROMA, Mr Busoye Soladoye stated this on Friday while on inspection of some of the roads earmarked for rehabilitation across the state.

He said that Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has approved a sum of 750 million naira for the agency in order to ensure zero potholes on the roads across the state.

Mr Soladoye said the roads are grouped into three zones, namely: Ibadan, Oyo/Ogbomoso/ Iseyin and Ibarapa/Oke-Ogun zones.

He stated that the eleven local government areas in Ibadan have been covered, while the remaining two zones are still being worked on.

The OYSROMA chairman stressed that on the assumption of duty, he made an extensive inspection of roads across the state, to ensure that rehabilitation of deplorable roads commence speedily.

He urged the people of Oyo state to desist from dumping refuse on drainage which may block waterways and result in water spillover, causing the destruction of roads.

Some of the roads rehabilitated in Ibadan city include Dugbe to Mokola roads; Femi Johnson Junction along Oke-Ado road; Molete-Fire Station-Challenge Road; Adeoyo Hospital Junction, (Ring Road); ANCE Roundabout, Dugbe and Railway Frontage, Dugbe, Ibadan.

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Environment

Oyo Govt. Begins Rehabilitation of Dugbe, Adeoyo Roads in Ibadan

By Web News 939

The Oyo State Roads Maintenance Agency, OYSROMA, has commenced the rehabilitation of the Dugbe and Adeoyo roads through its special intervention project.

The Chairman of OYSROMA, Honourable Ogunlade Busoye Soladoye, who visited the roads today, said that the agency will not relent in fulfilling its mandate to rid the state of potholes and bad roads.

Soladoye said the agency was working in collaboration with all the stakeholders, especially Local Government Area authorities, to ensure safe and secured roads in the state.

According to him, the rehabilitation of Adeoyo and Dugbe roads involved the cutting of potholes, filling with stone bases and Asphalt laying of the roads.

He commended the Oyo State Government, under Governor Seyi Makinde for introducing the intervention project and for the prompt release of funds to the Agency enabling it to perform optimally.

While on an inspection of Ibadan North-West and Ibadan North Local Government roads, the OYSROMA boss assured residents of the Agency’s intervention in all deplorable roads in the State.

In another development, the Oyo state government has begun training of seventy-two desk officers handling pensions and gratuities matters across Ministries, Departments and Agencies on “Efficient and Effective Pensions and Gratuities Administration in Oyo state public/civil service”.

The State Commissioner for Establishments and Training, Alhaji ‘Siju Lawal, said the training is borne out of the Ministry’s desire to modernize its administration of pensions and gratuities through digital so as to jettison the old system of analogue which also causes delay, loss of documents, among other factors.

He urged the participants to discharge their duties diligently and be humane in their interaction with the retiring and retired officers.

Lawal admonished them to always process all documents to time and should not overstay on their table for more than two working days and keep the retired/retiring officers abreast of the next process.

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Environment

Oyo Govt Commences Operation Zero Potholes

By Web News 541

The Oyo state government today kick-started Operation Zero potholes initiative, as the State Road Maintenance Agency has begun rehabilitation of Roads and distilling of drainage across Ibadan metropolis and its environs.

The Chairman of Oyo State Road Maintenance Agency, (OYSROMA), Honourable Ogunlade Soladoye who visited roads earmarked for rehabilitation revealed this in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State.

He said that the agency will live up to its mandate to maintain and rehabilitate roads in the state, as this will go a long way to ease the movement of traffic and create a better environment for the populace.

He stated that Oyo State Government, under the leadership of Governor Seyi Makinde is a responsive government, that listens to its people and acts on their requests.

“This is one of our feedback mechanisms concerning the deplorable condition of roads during the rainy season”, he said.

He also stressed that Governor Seyi Makinde-led administration will give no room to potholes and deplorable roads in the state, as this is shown through various laudable massive road construction and rehabilitation, which has turned Oyo State into an investors-hub.

Honourable Ogunlade while restating the commitment of the agency,  implored the residents to desist from the act of dumping refuse on waterways, as clearing of drainages across the state was ongoing.

Among the roads earmarked for rehabilitation is Asphaltic rehabilitation of Molete-Fire -Challenge roads, cutting of potholes to shape, stone base material mixed with cement, distilling of blocked cover lined drains and cross covert at Genesis hotel.

Similarly, the rehabilitation and distilling of Mokola-Dugbe and the Femi Johnson Junction along Oke-Ado road among others.

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Environment

OYSROMA Boss Cautions Residents against Road Damage

By Web News 604

The Oyo State govern­ment has warned resi­dents of the State to desist from dumping their refuse in the waterways, as the action leads to the damage of major roads­.​

The Chairman, Oyo St­ate Road Maintenance Agency (OYSROMA), Mr  Ogunlade Soladoye gave the cau­tion on Thursday​ wh­ile on inspection of roads in Ibadan metropolis with a te­am of engineers and management members of the agency.

Mr Ogunlade mentioned that the tour was necessitated because of various complaints about pot­holes on various roa­ds from residents on radio and the Oyo State Government Feed­back on social media platforms.

He mentioned that the government has invested huge fun­ds on road projects and for the road to last, proper mainten­ance must be in place from the government and residents, who are the major ​bene­ficiaries of the pro­jects.

OYSROMA Boss promised that the agency, under his supervision, will adh­ere strictly to the present government’s policy of ‘Operation Zero Tolerance for Potholes’ across the State, adding that rehabilitation would commence in due co­urse.

Mr  Ogunlade commended Gov­ernor Seyi Makinde’s administration for embarking on what he called legacy proje­cts, such as massive road construction and rehabilitation, which he said has pla­ced Oyo State on the global map.

“When roads are cons­tructed and become motorable, investors would be willing to invest in the State’s economy, thereby creating job opportun­ities for the teeming youths in the State and this agency, under my supervision, will adhere strictly to the present gov­ernment’s policy of ‘Operation Zero Tole­rance for Potholes’ across the State, ad­ding that rehabilita­tion would commence in due course.”

Among the roads insp­ected are Liberty ro­ad, Molete – Challen­ge road, Mobil – Olu­yole – Apata roads and he directed that the Bill of Engineer­ing Measurement and Evaluation BEME be prepared for immediate repair of the dama­ged parts of the roa­ds.

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Economy

We will recover funds looted by past administration – Makinde

By Web News 468

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has declared that there would be no place to hide for looters of Oyo State’s funds.

The governor, who was speaking on a radio programme in Ibadan said that his administration was determined to retrieve every kobo of the state’s resources stolen by some members of the immediate past administration.

Governor Makinde noted that his administration has been able to bring about a turnaround in the infrastructure of the state and other key sectors because it blocked loopholes and wastages in resources.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted the governor as saying that his government is on the track of some chieftains of a political party in the state, who used a certain company to siphon between N12 and N15 Billion of Oyo State’s money.

He added that the government would go after them and retrieve the looted funds for the people of Oyo State.

He maintained that his administration took the bold step of plugging every hole through which the state’s funds could be siphoned, adding: “Without blocking loopholes, we could not have been where we are today.”

He further stated: “First, we did verification for the workers and ghost workers, ghost pensioners were removed from the payroll. They were there before we came in but we decided that, as an administration, we would not spend our time on chasing shadows.”

He said: “Let me give you an example – when I came in, I looked at how some monies were spent and I believed it was Paris Club refund they moved, which was about N7 Billion to N8 Billion to OYSROMA. “This is an agency that operates normally on a budget of about N40 Million to N45 Million every month but this money came in around November 2017, and in early 2018, they started spending the money.

“When we came in, we discovered they finished spending the money within one year on nothing. They stole the money and I know those behind the stealing and I am also after them right now.

“There is a company called Chinese Global. They said they are Chinese people but we know the people behind it. The company has been shut down as we speak.

“I asked the General Manager in charge of OYSROMA and said, look, your budget is N44 Million every month and, in a year, it is less than N500 Million. Did you employ new people? He said no. Did you give out contracts? He said no. But how were you able to spend about N7 Billion in eleven months without employing new people?

“But he said the company supplied asphalt. And I said if the company did, was the asphalt used to repair roads without employing new people and giving out contracts? He said the money was moved from OYSROMA to Chinese Global and two other companies without any supply from the companies.

“As a result of that, I wrote to EFCC and reported the matter about what we are facing here. “Chinese Global is also the company they awarded the Bembo-Apata road contract to, and the same company got the Ido-Eruwa project. But I said to them, ‘guys, you have Oyo State money with you. Go ahead and use the money to finish up the roads and they promised to do it.

Iyabo Adebisi

Transportation

Road Rehabilitation: OYSROMA Pledges Cooperation with LGs, LCDAs

By Web News 818

Oyo State Road Maintenance Agency, OYSROMA has expressed its readiness to collaborate with Local Governments, LG and Local Council Development Authorities, LCDA, administrations in the state on road rehabilitation in order to foster accelerated execution of road repairs in the rural areas.

The Chairman of OYSROMA, Mr. Kamil Akinlabi made this known during tour of the zonal operational offices at Ibarapa, Oke-Ogun, Oyo and Ogbomoso zones.

Mr. Akinlabi said the cooperation and support of the local government areas and Local Council Development Authorities, as well as the local communities, could not be underestimated in the planning and execution of road rehabilitation programmes.

The chairman added that the state government would procure necessary equipment to facilitate road rehabilitation in all the zones, noting that personnel would be deployed to all the zones for ease of operation.

The OYSROMA boss, therefore, called on all the caretaker chairmen, community leaders and the people in all the zones to see road facilities as theirs, stressing that their cooperation and support would go a long way in making the operations of the agency a hitch-free one.

Iyabo Adebisi