Aregbesola Commences Road Rehabilitation.

The Governor of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has reiterated his commitment to rehabilitation of roads in the state. These are some of the ongoing road projects in the state.

Osun Allocates N19bn For Transportation;•To Upgrade Ido-Osun Aerodrome To International Airport.

In line with its determination to construct world class roads and develop the transportation sector in Osun State, the state government has allocated a total sum of N19,160,000,000 for the development of the sector in the 2012 budget.

The state Commissioner for Finance, Budget and Economic Planning, Dr. Wale Bolorunduro disclosed this on Monday during the recently approved 2012 budget breakdown and analysis, saying that the amount, which represents 24.24 per cent of the total capital budget, takes the largest chunk of the total budget.

He also revealed that work would soon commence on the upgrading of Ido-Osun Aerodrome to International Airport in order to facilitate internal and external travels to and from the state.

It would be recalled that the last administration of Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola had about three occasions allocated not less than N2billion for the upgrading of the Aerodrome without anything to show for it.

According to him, the state government is also determined to complete all the ongoing road construction projects, which had for long been abandoned by the previous administration.

He further noted that the administration, in the current fiscal year, is determined to resuscitate the Rail Mass Transit from Okuku Station to Osogbo and to Lagos through Public-Private Partnership (PPP), which he noted, would facilitate the economic development of the state.

Under the sector in the budget, the commissioner further stressed that the administration would rehabilitate roads in all the 30 local government council areas of the state, at three kilometers per local government, with a view to ensuring that no council area is left out of the development of transportation in the state.

Bolorunduro said: “Government is determined to complete all on-going road projects, which had long been abandoned by the previous administration and new road contracts will be awarded across the state, to ensure that our road networks are in good condition”.

Among the road projects that have been listed in the budget are the rehabilitation of Ada-Igbajo-Oke Irun-Iresi road; reconstruction of Omifunfun-Mefoworade-Ifetedo road; construction of Osogbo East Bye Pass and construction of Ede-Kuta road.

Others are the reconstruction of Ijebu Ijesa-Ere Ijesa-Ibokun road; dualisation of Gbongan-Akoda-Osogbo-Ikirun road; construction of Ede-Alajue-Aminiwon-Osu road, as well as Ejigbo-Ife Odan-Owu Ile-Odo Oba among others.

Osun N30 Billion Infrastructure.

Immediately the administration of Mr Rauf Aregbesola was sworn-in into office in November 2010, the governor revealed his vision to restructure the education sector in the state, thereby organising an education summit headed by renowned Professor Wole Soyinka, with a view to seeking panacea to the ailing sector in the state. Part of the conclusion of the summit is the total restructuring of the system. This piece examined the decision of the state government to rebuild schools and the feelings of the stakeholders on a project government is committing N30 billion to realise.

A journey to the 30 local government council areas and the area office in Modakeke of Osun State revealed a common feature among the public schools, dilapidated buildings, inadequate seating materials for the teeming students and the unavailability of reading materials in the buildings called libraries in virtually all the schools. This was the situation when the state deputy governor, who is also in charge of Education in the state, Chief (Mrs) Grace Laoye-Tomori, during her tour of schools in the state.

However, a prototype of the new schools the state government is embarking on is at completion stage, located at the former Salvation Army Primary School, Oke-Fia, Osogbo, for the Middle school, while contractors are at the two other sites for the Elementary and High schools in Ile-Ife and Ejigbo respectively.

The governor, while setting a committee on building the new schools, disclosed that it would build schools across the state and would be spending about N30 billion for the project which would be completed within 24 months.

wesley80: Hmmm interesting. 50bucks says he passed this desperate info to you during Tinubu's birthday bash.

dayokanu: You don give the PDP trolls headache again

wesley80: How e go pain me? I'm just trying to 'Appreciate' our long lost Poster of the year who has suddenly found his voice after a week of unparalled owambe and criminal indulgence in the finest moi-moi the South West can offer. It actually isnt too difficult picturing you nodding to uncle Aregbe's propaganda while you wipe one of those moi-moi wrappers clean the good old way. Anyway nice to have you back - whatever it took - , hope you filled your tank for the long trip ahead.

dayokanu: You don give the PDP trolls headache again

cogitoErgo: nawa o, what of Ijebu Ijesa - Ilesha road, are they not going to do that one?

Bolorunduro said: “Government is determined to complete all on-going road projects, which had long been abandoned by the previous administration and new road contracts will be awarded across the state, to ensure that our road networks are in good condition”.

Among the road projects that have been listed in the budget are the rehabilitation of Ada-Igbajo-Oke Irun-Iresi road; reconstruction of Omifunfun-Mefoworade-Ifetedo road; construction of Osogbo East Bye Pass and construction of Ede-Kuta road.

Others are the reconstruction of Ijebu Ijesa-Ere Ijesa-Ibokun road; dualisation of Gbongan-Akoda-Osogbo-Ikirun road; construction of Ede-Alajue-Aminiwon-Osu road, as well as Ejigbo-Ife Odan-Owu Ile-Odo Oba among others.

sheyguy: Nice move in the right direction with good timing. Even though osun is not the most financially buoyant state, Aregbesola is not performing bad when compared to others. They don't have a DESODADEC, a NDDC, or Oil companies giving 'hand outs' and CSRs but still . . .

Specialties

Pioneered Private-Public Sector Partnership Ventures in Road Development.

Initiated and Coordinated the Infrastructure Renewal and Re-Development of the Lagos Busines District.

Coordinated Independent Power Project to Supplement NEPA's (now PHCN) Generation Capacity.

Pioneered Development of Standards and Specifications for Public Works (Road Designs and Construction)

Pioneered PWC’s Operation Tax Payers Money in Action.

Pioneered Drain Ducks & Highway Manager Programmes.

Honors and Awards:

Badge of Excellence , War Against Indiscipline, NITEL.

Ambassador of Goodwill for the State of Tennessee, USA;

State Headquarters (Boys Scout) Commissioner of Engineering Awards;

Humanitarian Service Merit Award;

Award of Excellence in Building Construction and Engineering;

Nigerian Society of Engineers Merit Award (Contribution to Engineering Discipline);

The Best Commissioner of the Year Award (Lagos State) Years 2000 and 2005

The Grassroots Achiever of the Year Award;

ECOWAS Community Service Gold Award;

Worthy Ambassador of the Youth Award;

Special Award for the Support of Journalism Development;

National Council of Muslim Organization Distinguished Merit Award;

Distinguished Corporate Achievers & Gold Award;

The People’s Forum Award for Excellence;

Hope of the Living Spring Award.

Are Musulumi of Alimosho;

Aare Fiwagboye of Lagos;

Balogun Musulumi of Ijesaland.

Araba of Egbedaland (designate)

1st Aare Musulumi Adinni of Abu Court

Aremo of Imoru , Ijebu.

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olaezebala: How many times will I have to beg you guys to stop posting issues about Osun state if you're not in the state. Oga Gbawe is busy posting pictures. When was the last time he came down to Osun state to see things for himself? The same Akoda-Osogbo road that Oyinlola already completed is being listed here again as road they will be doing? I BEG PARK WELL O. Come down to Osogbo and shout his Name and see how many people will return you with slaps. He promised to start road construction in dry season, I guess dry season now start in April abi? This Governor is a scammer and I will always say so. He introduced Oyes tech for those graduateds he employed to be clearing gutter and bushes in the name of Oyes. I thought that will be a better way to help those guys only to hear that they are to pay #10,000 as acceptance fee and another #80,000 as tution fee making it 90k. For God sake 90k is almost their salary for a year. Aregbe is working true true.

Beaf: Yeah, the picture of one tiny, anaemic looking road is the massive development the loudmouthed megelomaniac called Aregbesola promised for the "dry season." Do you have no shame?
You lot are just thieves. Is this what other governors are displaying?

Some topics are just too disgraceful for attention.

This is the phucking bullshiit Gbawe posted some time ago (with no shame also) as progress in Osun:



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Do you want him to spam this thread to death with silly pictures that confirms he does not understand , even minimally, that this topic is about rural development and thus the most remote and rural of roads specifically used in agro-based communities and farm settlements such as that seen below?

afam4eva:

God will bless you for this. Most of the people that go about praising mediocrity have not even been to osun for years. We should be hearing from people that are based in osun state just like our Enugu and Lagos brothers are doing.

Please can we see pictures? Is Osun state allergic to photos?

vooz: @poster like seriously,i dnt tink u reside in osun state.cause normaly is it nw a governor dt has been sworn in 4 close 2yrs to commece road rehabilitation?and 4 ur info,i reside in osun state n notin is wrking.I mean notin notin as compard 2 when the state was governd by pdp.so let me state clearly ACN is a faild party in osun state courtesy of Aregbe compard 2 oda states governd by ACN.

Assumed office
27 November 2010

The ACN Director, Publicity and Strategy, in a statement, maintained that the “reality on ground when Aregbesola took over from Oyinlola was practically useless.”

“The state was bankrupt. Government could barely function except through loans and, by the time the court asked Oyinlola out, the state was already indebited to the banks to the tune of N18.3 billion.

At that time, over eighty percent of the total infrastructure in Osun State had either collapsed or were in advanced stage of decay,” he said.

Oyatomi went on: “More than 60 percent of the projects celebrated by Oyinlola had either stopped functioning or were never in place at all.

“A few of these projects included mini water works in Iba in Ifelodun local government area; Iresi in Boluwaduro local government and Esa-Oke in Obokun local government.

Apart from a few streets in Osogbo, every other important street in the state had collapsed when Aregbesola took over.

“Such was the magnitude of the challenges which the governor inherited, that they cut through into every segment of life of Osun.

“Most hospitals had collapsed. Many schools were in a state of unacceptable degradation and the hazards to life were enormous everywhere you looked.”

Gbawe:

You are a totally shameless and disgraceful liar who should be banned permanently. Did I present the picture of that road as "as progress in Osun" as you claim here or did I supply it as an example of a rural road targeted for upgrading under the RAMP scheme? Nairalanders can judge for themselves. Surely it is obvious what you are.

Beaf:

So, if you didn't post that sad picture of a kwashiorkored road to nowhere as "progress," what did you post it for?
In your high-fevered rush to undo your history, you have only ended up dribbling yourself in amazing ways.
Gbawe, where are the 50billion World Bank roads for the "dry season" you boasted about? Was that bushpath not the evidence you provided for 5obillion worth of "dry season" work?

You people are thieves.

Gbawe! Gbawe!! Gbawe!!!
How many times I call you so? Una no get conscience?

babaowo: But honestly what went wrong with PDP states They just stagnant!