Kwara State government has spent over N4.6 billion in counterpart funding for the construction of 209.77 kilometres of rural roads across local government areas in the state.
The state coordinator of Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project(RAAMP) ,Dr Isaac Kolo, disclosed this at the 47th Media Parliament of the Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
Kolo said about 66.5 kilometers of rural roads would be constructed in Phase One to cover Asa, Ilorin West , Ilorin East ,Oyun and Edu local government areas of the state. He said 39.6 kilometers of the roads would be constructed in Baruten along the border with Benin Republic among others.
The RAAMP coordinator said the opening of the rural areas through the construction of roads would reduce rural / urban migration.
