Ajimobi inaugurates 7.3km dualized roads, pledges further devt.

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Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Thursday inaugurated the newly-dualized 7.3-kilometre Dugbe-Magazine-Eleiyele Road, with spurs to Aleshinloye-Onireke-Agbarigo Road in Ibadan, with a pledged that his administration would continue to open up the state to further enhance the socio-economic development of the state.

The dualization of the roads, with all their attendant furniture, was commenced by the state government in August 2012 with a view to solving the perennial traffic snarl which used to characterize that axis of the Ibadan metropolis.

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, which was held at the Jericho Roundabout, the governor said that his administration was able to envision the project and actualize it within a stipulated period of 18 months.

While expressing satisfaction with the quality of the roads, he said that it would contribute to the infrastructural, social and economic development of the state.

“The aesthetics that this project has brought to Oyo State is a precursor to the influx of investors. This is part of the engineering that must be done to reposition our state to be at par among the comity of developed states in Nigeria,’’ he said.

Besides, Governor Ajimobi said that the dualized roads would serve as a platform for the emancipation of people of the state from economic backwardness to economic emancipation.

“We have the full cause to be grateful to God for this project. Many dreamt but could not actualize their dreams, but for us we did not only dream but we were also able to actualize it,’’ he said.

The governor added that the road would be named after a prominent indigene, who he said had contributed to the growth and development of the state, at a later date.

The State Commissioner for Works, Mr. Bimbo Kolade, had earlier commended the governor for his determination to see the project completed, saying that the roads would not only serve the people living in that axis of Ibadan but has also opened up the Ibadan zone of the state.