Residents hail Makinde, council boss on Ebedi community road

From Segun Showunmi, Ibadan

The Landlords and Landladies Association of Ebedi Community Phase 11 in Iseyin Local Government, yesterday hailed Governor Seyi Makinde for approving the construction of the 2.65-kilometre road in the community.

The road network was sponsored by Iseyin Local Government after Makinde ordered its construction to combat flood and erosion.

The association also praised the council Chairman, Mufutau Abilawon, for making support available for the project completion to be achieved.

They commended the contractor.

The association made this known while addressing reporters after an emergency meeting at Odo-Oro, where the executives met with a special road construction monitoring committee, set up to ensure due process during the project execution.

The Chairman of the association, Mustapha Ibrahim, said the construction of the road had eased the burden of motorists and motorcyclists and opened the area to further development.

He said the area where many Garri processing factories were located, would benefit more, as trucks offloading cassava and those loading bags of Garri for transportation to Lagos and other cities would have easy access to the area.

The Chairman of Garri processing factory owners in the area, popularly known as Garri-Gbayi Association, Mr. Olaitan Sunday, showed his appreciation on behalf of his members to the governor.

He said the kind gesture had re-established their belief in good governance, noting that the ease of doing business the road engendered would create more wealth for farmers, Garri producers and job opportunities for the young and the old, who worked in the Garri industry.

A member of the community’s Road Construction Monitoring Committee, Alhaji Sulaimon Ganiyu, said the community was happy over the project and called for an extension of the road by the local government authority to link the close-by Iseyin-Fapote-Ogbomoso road.

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