By Dele Anofi
Kwara and Kogi States’ Governors AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and Ahmed Ododo have sought President Bola Tinubu’s intervention in the dualisation of the deteriorating Ilorin-Lokoja road.
The governors said the President’s intervention was crucial for the dualisation of the road, which extends to Makurdi and Gboko in neighbouring Benue State, as well as Republic of Benin.
They said President Tinubu’s help to upgrade the road would also boost the economy and help in the development of Nigeria’s solid mineral and agricultural sectors.
The governors spoke when they visited Works Minister Dave Umahi in Abuja.
AbdulRazaq, who is also the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), hailed President Tinubu for his administration’s interventions on several roads across the country.
The Kwara governor hoped that the Federal Government would provide the funds to make the dualisation of the Ilorin-Lojoja road a reality.
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“The primary purpose of this visit is to encourage the Federal Government to look into the Ilorin-Lokoja dualisation of the Federal highway. It’s a very major important road, which is not just an economic road. It is a belt of solid minerals in Nigeria and an agricultural belt. That road will open up the entire region for business, for commerce, and for agriculture,” he said.
Umahi assured the governors that the Federal Government, under the Renewed Hope administration of President Tinubu was committed to addressing the accumulated road infrastructural needs of the country.
The minister said doing so would contribute progressively to the reinvigoration of the national and sub-national economies.