The Obalodo of Oye Kingdom ,Chief Bamitale Oguntoyinbo has expressed concern over the slow pace of work on Oye- Are roads .
Speaking with newsmen ,Oguntoyinbo alleged that the contractor must have abandoned the contract awarded some years ago ,since no tangible work has been done on it .
According to him , the rural road linking Oye and Are -Ekiti was awarded by the state government through RAAMP two years .
The community leader explained that aside drainage has been constructed, work on the road seemed to have stopped for many months.
Obalodo therefore appealed to the State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji intervene and give directive to the contractor to complete the project.
He expressed worries that the bad portion of the road was currently affecting farmers and residents of the two communities.
Oguntoyinbo, disclosed that checks with the Coordinator of the Rural Access And Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP) Mr Sunday Adunmo revealed that the contractor had been mobilized .
” The road linking Oye and Are -Ekiti has been awarded to a contractor for more than two years and since then we have not seen any meaningful development on the road.
” According to reliable information , the government has paid all the necessary funds to the contractor to complete the road project but decided to abandon the project.
” The contractor has failed woefully and proves a high level of incompetent and to further ridicule the communities, only the drainage of the road has been constructed since then.
” The community leaders and youths in Oye community have protested, they have made several appeals to the state government to look into it but we are yet to receive a positive response,” he said.
He explained that the farmers are currently suffering because the road was so bad that they could not transport their products from the farm to the market using vehicles.
” As a result of the bad road, our farmers are suffering because they are unable to bring their products from the farm to the market.
” If the road is completed , it will enhance transportation from Oye-Ekiti to Ado-Ekiti and give the farmers easy access to trade their products with other communities.
” It is on this note, I am appealing to our amiable governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji to come to our rescue and facilitate quick completion of Oye to Are -Ekiti road.” he said.