Aregbesola Warns PDP, Omisore against Electoral Fraud - THISDAY LIVE In what amounted to stern warning against any form of electoral heist, Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has said neither the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Police Affairs Minister, Mr. Jelili Adesiyan nor the party’s candidate for the August 9th governorship election, Iyiola Omisore, has the capacity to rig the election. Before Aregbesola dropped the warning, the entire Ilesa community had gone agog when the governor inaugurated 15 Ilesa township roads. The governor, before the inauguration, inspected the newly constructed 15 roads in company of mammoth crowd before returning to Ibala Community Primary School for the inauguration. Aregbesola, while speaking, assured the people of protection before and after the August 9 election saying, It will be practically impossible for the PDP to foment any trouble in any part of the state. He warned those who are planning to use federal might to rig Osun election, saying such group or individuals would face the wrath of the Osun people. He said: The time of brigandage, violence and election rigging in the state has gone for good. Whosoever that makes such attempt will surely regret it. This is seventh year I was chased out of Ilesa because of election and such trend will meet serious resistance. They will be dealt with beyond their imagination. Aregbesola reiterated that the extent of his administration’s commitment to changing the face of Osun through the construction of modern road networks can be seen in the huge amount of road constructions going on simultaneously all over the state. He pointed out that his administration was deliberately concentrating on those roads that have very high impact on the socio-economic lives and existence of the people. He also added that Osun road development plan was ambitiously unprecedented in the history of the state, having covered township roads, intra and inter-city roads, as well as inter-state roads. According to the governor, In Osogbo, a total of 21 township roads are being constructed or rehabilitated and have gulped N4.095 billion. In Ede, 13 township roads have been repaired through direct labour, at the cost of N873,817,458.85. Most of them have now been completed. In the different federal constituencies in the state, 79 kilometres of intra-city roads are under construction and rehabilitation. Similarly, most of them are now completed. In addition to the intra-city roads, 20 other roads traversing the cities, and covering a total of 294.27 kilometres, are also at advanced stages of completion. They are worth N10.62 billion. We are also constructing six selected roads, covering more than 74.1 kilometres, in the six geo-political zones of Osun. They cost the government N17.5 billion. We inherited eight road rehabilitation projects of 144.29 kilometres from the previous administration which we have almost completed, The governor told the gathering. Aregbesola added that government had embarked on the reconstruction into a dual carriageway of the 36.85-kilometre road from Osogbo to Ila-Odo on the state’s border with Kwara State; the Gbongan-Orileowu-Ijebu-Igbo Road, which is also a dual carriageway. He also added that the construction of the Omoluabi Motorway, a dual-carriage road from Akoda to Gbongan Junction, with its Bisi Akande Trumpet Interchange at the cost of N29.23 billion. The Osogbo East By-pass Road is in the list of our major road construction undertaking. The East Bypass is a 17.5-kilometre road that will have a railway underpass at Ofatedo, an interchange at Ataoja, and two bridges across the Osun River. The government is investing N14.5 billion in the project. Today’s commissioning is part of the township road development projects for Ilesa. The 15 township road rehabilitation works have been completed to the glory of God and for the greater good of the people. On these roads, totalling 29.71km, we have expended N3.7 billion, the governor stressed.
Posted on: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 08:23:36 +0000
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