Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, has said 80 per cent of his 2019 electoral promises have been fulfilled and promised residents of Oorelope Local Government, Igboho, saying his administration would complete the Saki-Ogbooro-Igboho Road, which is the phase one of the Saki-Igboho-Igbeti Road, before the end of his first tenure.
Makinde added that the road was started as part of efforts to complement his administration’s agenda to connect all zones of the state, noting that the arterial road was to connect communities in Old Ifedapo to Old Irepo Federal Constituencies of the state.
According to him, fixing the road would help boost the economy of the area.
The governor had, while addressing the League of Imams and Alfas in Oorelope Local Government, stated that his administration embarked on the construction of the Saki-Ogbooro-Igboho road with a view to linking the Irepo/Oorelope/Olorunsogo Federal Constituency to the burgeoning economy of Saki, one of the commercial nerve centres of the state.
The governor had also, while meeting with traditional rulers in the council, declared that his administration’s desire to link all zones of the state had been on course.
The governor explained that he had connected all zones of the state in line with his commitment to build infrastructure that targets the economy, noting that he has also begun to link towns within zones, as exemplified by the Saki-Ogbooro-Igboho Road.
Makinde who had earlier campaigned in Igbeti in Olorunsogo Local Government, where he indicated that he had achieved more than 80 per cent of the promises he made to residents of the state, said that things could only get better under Omituntun 2.0.
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