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The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Saturday, directed a review of a road project in Aduramigba community, Ido-Osun, after a protest by the residents, who alleged that a shoddy job was done by the contractor.
Residents of Aduramigba community had earlier held a peaceful protest over the quality of work done on the 4.76 kilometres road that passes through the area.
During the protest, the residents carried placards with inscriptions such as ‘We say no to no drainage and stone base road’, ‘Don’t cause quick pain for six communities ’, ‘We kick against corruption on this project,’ among others.
Speaking during the protest, the community chairman, Sunday Ogundele, said the road was constructed without a proper drainage system, insisting that a poor job was done by the contractor.
“The quality of this road is so poor, they started tarring the road on Sunday and Monday, but that rainfall on Thursday washed away the asphalt in some portions,” Ogundele said.
Reacting in a statement, spokesperson to the governor, Olawale Rasheed, said senior officials from the Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of Works and O-RAMP Project have visited the “community affected by the reportedly, sordidly constructed road for on the spot assessment, interaction with the community and to deliver the message of Governor Ademola Adeleke.”
The statement further read, “The team related to Governor Adeleke’s directive for an immediate review of the work done on the road while directing remedial action in line with best practices.
“The team also assured the community that apart from a review and a follow-up remedial work, the Governor is also looking into other pressing needs of the community.
“The team is also currently interfacing with the contractors and the project managers to collate reports and determine an immediate remediation action. The government team is to report back to the Governor by Monday, after which further corrective decisions will be taken.”
