Kabba-Egbe Road And The N21bn FEC Approval For Ilorin-Kabba Road Project; Another Dividend Of Gov Bello's Lobbying Skill
Okene-Kabba-Egbe-Ilorin Road has been the major deplorable Federal Roads in Kogi State before the emergence of Gov Yahaya Bello as the forth Executive Governor of the state.
After accessing the deplorable condition of this road, Gov Bello met with the minister for Power, Works and Housing Mr Raji Fashola and made the appeal for urgent repair of this road because of its strategic route as a nexus between the West and the North.
Mr Fashola immediately logged the Kabba-Egbe -Road and Ilorin-Omu Aran-Kabba road as some of the road projects this administration shall worked on. While approval for Kabba-Egbe-Ilorin road was given by the Federal Executive Council early this year, today, the sum of N21b has been approved by the Federal Executive Council for Ilorin-Omu Aran-Kabba project. No doubt, prominent politicians like Sen Dino Melaye and Hon Tajudeen Yusuf also used the floor of the National Assembly in drawing the attention of the Federal Government to the deplorable state of the road.
Read; The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved N21 billion for the construction of the Ilorin-Omu Aran-Kabba Road, Section I.
The Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, told State House correspondents after the FEC meeting that this was to complement ongoing work on the the Kabba-Egbe Road to link Kwara and Kogi States.
He said: "The justification for the memo and consequent approval is consistent with our promise to continue to reduce travel time, to ease the cost of doing business and the cost of goods and services. This project is for N21 billion."
Fashola said the council also approved N589 million consultancy services for professionals to conduct line route studies, environmental/social impact assessment and resettlement action plan as well as environmental/social management plan.
This, according to him, is for the government to access the Japanese International Corporation Agency's loan to support the Transmission Company of Nigeria to continue its transmission grid expansion programme.
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