The construction of Itawure-Aramoko-Ado Ekiti and Aramoko-Ijero-Ifaki Ekiti roads has been approved by President Bola Tinubu and included in the 2026 budget of the Federal Government.
I have forwarded a letter to this effectfrom the Office of the President to the Honourable Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi, with the Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, was also copied.
The development followed the visit of Governor Oyebanji and the Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, to President Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Sunday, November 9, 2025, where issues concerning the condition of federal roads in the State were discussed.
A statement signed by the Special Adviser (Media) to the Governor, Mr Olayinka Oyebode, and made available to journalists in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday, stated that there has been a public outcry over the deplorable condition of some Federal roads in the State, particularly the Itawure-Aramoko-Ado road.
According to the statement, “The two federal roads have been in deplorable condition for over three years, which has been a source of concern for motorists plying the routes.
The President Tinubu-led Federal Government has awarded three of such roads in the state, and contractors have been mobilised to the site, while the Oyebanji administration has also constructed one of them- the Ado-Iworoko-Ifaki road; in addition to dozens of other inter-city and intra-city road projects it has embarked on in the last three years.
When constructed, the two newly approved roads will further ease travelling, enhance connectivity across different parts of the country, boost commercial activities and open up the state to greater economic opportunities and development in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of the President and the Shared Prosperity agenda of the Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji Administration.
“Governor Oyebanji, on behalf of the Ekiti people, is thankful to President Tinubu for his strategic intervention in the socioeconomic and infrastructure development of Ekiti State, as well as other support the President has provided for the state.’’
