AbdulRazaq moves to facilitate more multi-billion naira road projects to Kwara

Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State, on Tuesday, visited Honourable Minister of Works H.E. Engr. David Umahi made a strong pitch for the dualisation of the Ilorin-Lokoja expressway via Omu Aran and Kabba.

Earlier, the Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, alongside Kogi State Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo, had met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to discuss the dualisation of the Ilorin-Lokoja expressway via Omu Aran and Kabba with him.

Governor AbdulRazaq, in a statement on Tuesday, March 12, said: “Following an earlier discussion I had with Mr President, today, in the company of His Excellency the Kogi State Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo, I visited the Honourable Minister of Works H.E. Engr. David Umahi to make a strong pitch on behalf of our people for the dualisation of the Ilorin-Lokoja expressway via Omu Aran and Kabba.

“I also appealed to the Honourable Minister for the immediate construction of two flyovers at Oko-Olowo Junction and Shao Junction, both on the Ilorin Jebba Expressway. This appeal became necessary to save lives at these important axes of the road. It is instructive that Hon. Ahmad Yinka Esho (Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency), who also joined our delegation, had raised a motion in the House of Representatives on these two critical junctions and a need for the Federal Government to urgently address the issue.

“The Ohan Bridge in Moro; Share to Patigi Road; and Wawa, Kaiama, to Kishi Road also featured in our discussion with the Honourable Minister, and we truly appreciate the warm reception that His Excellency Umahi accorded us.

“We look forward to beautiful outcomes from this important engagement while commending the President for his commitments to equitable infrastructural and socioeconomic development in every part of our country.”

Recall that the Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq-led government facilitated the ongoing construction of the Bode Saadu/Kaiama/Kosubosu road project valued at over N350bn.

According to the governor, the road will open up Nigeria’s economy with other West African countries, such as the Republic of Benin and strengthen the protocols on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).