Ademola Adeleke, the governor of Osun State, revealed that his administration had built 31 kilometers of road in less than seven months.

Olawale Rasheed, the governor's spokesperson, said in a statement that work on an additional 17 kilometers is ongoing and at various levels of completion.

Upon arriving in Osogbo, the state capital, from Abuja, Governor Adeleke said that another 30 kilometers of road have been identified for development or reconstruction, with work set to begin at any moment.

According to the Governor, “Our administration is paying close attention to the upgrade of Osun roads as a way of jumpstart the state economy.

” Osun suffers badly due to bad roads, failing bridges and culverts. Our township roads are in bad state across the thread senatorial districts. Business cannot boom if road network are in such terrible state.

” So from day one, my focus among others has been on infrastructure upgrade. I am happy to report that 31 kilometers are done already. But the target is about 100 kilometers before the end of the year”, the Governor noted.

Confirming what the Governor had said, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works and Transport, Engr Bashir Bello said “the 31 kilometers of roads are spread across the 30 local governments and the Area office. The choice of the reconstructed roads are based on local consultation and utility values of such roads to the local economy.

“I can confirm to you that we have indeed completed 31 kilometers in the last seven or so months. This can be verified.

“17 kilometers of roads are also ongoing. These are in various stages of completion. We are speeding up work on those new roads to increase our completed kilometers before long.

“Aside the 17km, we have also listed out another 30 kilometers. The selection and survey process have been completed and we hope to start work as soon as soon as possible.

“Beside the road construction, the government is given quick intervention to some bad section of roads that require urgent attention. Construction of large drainage that can contain flooding of ogo Oluwa mainroad are under construction”, the PS stated.