OYRTMA to partner LGs, LCDAs on rehabilitation of rural roads

Partnership
By David Adeoye
Ibadan, Feb 27, 2020 (NAN) The Oyo State Road Maintenance Agency (OYSROMA) says it is partnering with all the local government councils and local council development areas (LCDAs) in the state on road rehabilitation.
This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Ibadan by the state Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism.
The statement quoted Mr Kamil Akinlabi, the Chairman of OYSROMA, as saying this during his visit to the agency’s zonal operational office in Ibarapa, Oke-Ogun, Oyo and Ogbomoso.
Akinlabi said that the collaboration would foster accelerated execution of road repairs in rural communities, asserting that such partnership could not be underestimated in planning and execution of road rehabilitation.
“We cannot underestimate the efforts of our local government councils in the planning and logistics; so we shall collaborate with them in all our projects, for accelerated execution.
“The rural communities hold the ace in the development of the state, as most of the wealth-creating resources are in the rural areas.
“Agriculture can only thrive if the rural roads are well paved for transportation of farm produce; this will empower farmers and open up opportunities for youths to get empowerment through farming and other natural resources.
“So all we crave for is the support and collaboration of the council administrations and community leaders,” he stated.
The OYSTROMA chairman said that government would procure necessary equipment to facilitate road rehabilitation in all the zones, adding that personnel would be deployed to all the zones for ease of operation.
Akinlabi called on all the caretaker chairmen, community leaders and the people in all the zones to see road facilities as theirs, saying that their cooperation and support were necessary to make the operations of the agency hitch-free. (NAN)
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Edited by ‘Wale Sadeeq