{"id":8094,"date":"2013-08-10T16:39:56","date_gmt":"2013-08-10T16:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/journalists-death-speaker-seeks-repair-of-ilesa-ibadan-road\/"},"modified":"2013-08-10T16:39:56","modified_gmt":"2013-08-10T16:39:56","slug":"journalists-death-speaker-seeks-repair-of-ilesa-ibadan-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/journalists-death-speaker-seeks-repair-of-ilesa-ibadan-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalists\u2019 death: Speaker seeks repair of Ilesa-Ibadan Road"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

Deputy Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Mr. Tunji Orisalade, has called on the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency to speed up rehabilitation work on the Ilesa-Ibadan Expressway to avoid further loss of lives and property caused by the poor condition of some sections of the road.<\/p>\n

He also urged the Federal Government to resuscitate the railway to ease pressure on Nigerian roads.<\/p>\n

Orisalade said this in an interview with our correspondent in Ado Ekiti on Friday.<\/p>\n

He said that driving would be a lot easier and lives would be safer if the agency could hasten the rehabilitation work and put the road in a good condition.<\/p>\n

He said this against the backdrop of an accident which claimed the lives of three journalists – Adolphous Okonkwo, Kafayat Odunsi and Tunde Oluwanike\u2013on the road on August 2.<\/p>\n

He said that though the Nigeria Union of Journalists\u2019 bus, which had an accident on the road had a blowout, it could have been caused by the potholes on the road.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cThe volume of traffic on this road is high and there are still some parts of the road in deplorable condition. Although rehabilitation work is going on in some parts, it will be good if FERMA hurry up and repair all the bad sections at once.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe might not have lost this young persons (the three journalists if the road had been in a very good condition. It is dangerous to have ditches on the road and more dangerous when they are there immediately after good sections of the road.<\/p>\n

\u201cFERMA should ensure that all bad spots are repaired on this road and other federal roads across the country. We are losing so many lives and many promising lives are being cut short due to avoidable accidents.\u201d<\/p>\n

The deputy speaker also urged the Federal Government to ensure that quality work\u00a0 would be done in the reconstruction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, saying the road had claimed so many lives.<\/p>\n

Orisalade stated that good road network was key\u00a0 to the socio-economic development of any nation.<\/p>\n

He added,\u201d If the railway is resuscitated, there will be less pressure on the road and volume of traffic will reduce. There are too many vehicles on the roads especially trucks and tankers. Petroleum products which are supposed to be transported by rail are daily being moved by vehicles.\u201d<\/p>\n

He stated that resuscitation of the railway would reduce auto accidents and make roads to last longer.<\/p>\n

\n

————————————————————————————————————————-
Posted in Nigerian Newspapers. <\/a>A DisNaija.Com<\/a> network.<\/p>\n

Source: Punch Newspaper<\/p>\n

DisNaija.Com<\/b> publishes regular posts on Nigeria News,<\/a> Nigerian Newspapers,<\/a> Online Nigeria Gist.<\/a><\/p>\n

Follow us on Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

Nigerian Newspapers<\/a>
\n
\nFollow @Dis_Naija<\/a>
\n