By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
The Landlords and Landladies Association of Ebedi Community Phase 11, in Iseyin Local Government Area today, lauded Governor Seyi Makinde for approving the construction of the 2.65 kilometer road in the community.
Chairman of the association, Mr Mustapha Ibrahim disclosed that the construction of the community road has eased the burden of motorists and motorcycle riders and opened the area to further development.
Mr Ibrahim stated that the area, where the largest assemblage of Garri Processing factories were located would benefit more as trucks offloading cassava and those loading bags of Garri to Lagos and other commercial cities will have easy access to the area.
According to the chairman, the construction of the road and culverts has saved residents from hazards of gully erosion and flooding, that have claimed lives of some people in the past.
“We appreciate our dear governor for doing this for us, it will be in the record that this road was constructed during his time to alleviate the suffering of residents, it used to be a terrible network of roads within this community, today, we can see the criss-cross of tarred roads that has contributed to the development of our area”, he said
Mr Ibrahim added, ” the big gullies that used to cut off the roads and claim lives during flooding have gone, we are grateful to the Governor and the Chairman of the local government for being there for us”.
“It is our intention to also appreciate the Contractor of this project for his humility and listening ear whenever our Construction Monitoring Committee met with him on any of our demands, he is really a fatherly figure and an experienced engineer.”
Treasurer of the association, Mrs Ojo Oluyemisi while speaking commended Gov Makind and the Chairman Iseyin local government for deeming it fit to show good leadership traits to the people of Ebedi Community Phase 11, saying, the community will also benefit from its closeness to the Iseyin-Fapote-Ogbomoso road which will make residents enjoy less travel time and stress of bad road.
The Chairman of Garri Processing Factory owners in the area, Mr Olaitan Sunday said the gesture has reestablished their belief in good governance as the ease of doing business that the road engendered will create more wealth for farmers, Garri producers and more job opportunities for young and old who work in the Garri industry.
Also, a member of the community’s Road Construction Monitoring Committee, Alhaji Sulaimon Ganiyu said the community was happy for the project and called for an extension of the road by the local government authority, to link the close-by Iseyin-Fapote-Ogbomoso road.
