Osun  Promises Support for Infrastructural Devt in Rural Areas

Yinka Kolawole in Osogbo

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has asserted that his administration would focus on infrastructural development in the state while all necessary requisite would be put in place to achieve the objective.

  The governor, who paid a familiarisation visit to the state Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP), Old Government Press Building, Aderin, Osogbo, where he promised his unflinching support and commitment for infrastructural development in the rural areas of the state through RAAMP.

Adeleke, who was represented by the Supervisor on Infrastructural Development, Dr. Bashir Tokunbo Salami, noted that the administration would focus on infrastructure development in the state and all necessary requisite would be put in place to achieve it.

 He emphasised that the present administration knows the importance and relevance of the project being an externally funded project working assiduously for the emancipation of the grassroots people and elevation of value-added chain through the rehabilitation and construction of access roads as well as the construction of Agro Logistic Centre.

He said the present administration would provide an atmosphere for the project to achieve its mandate.

 According to him, “I appreciate the roles that the project is playing in the development of the rural areas on one part and that of the development partners on the other hand. This administration would do everything possible within its power to achieve the best for the state so that our people would enjoy the dividend of democracy.”

 Earlier, the Project Coordinator, Popoola Rasaq Okediya, while briefing the Supervisor on Infrastructure Development to the Governor, Dr Bashir Salami, on the activities of the project since the transition to RAAMP, explained that the excellent performance of the project under RAMP-2 qualified the state to participate in RAAMP.

 He emphasised that the project among other things would upgrade 160km rural roads; spot improvement would be done on 400km, as well as backlog maintenance and rehabilitation on 450km rural roads and routine maintenance.

 In addition to the previous project, another component-agricultural marketing-would focus on the construction of Agro-Logistic Centres in strategic locations using the multi-dimensional indicators as laid down by the donor partners.

 He appreciated the support and cooperation enjoyed from the state government for providing conducive and enabling environment for the project to operate.