The executive governor of Kwara Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has kept his vow to swiftly upgrade the dilapidated Taiwo Road in Omu Aran town from surface dressing to asphalt overlay, just one week after the governor attended the town’s annual Omu Aran Day celebration where leaders of the community pleaded for the urgent repair of the deplorable road.
As at Saturday afternoon, Kwara State Road Maintenance Agency (KWARMA) has embarked on asphalt work on the road after funds were released to execute the rehabilitation work.
Omu Aran Development Association (ODA) President Bisi Adeyemi called the development a miracle, shocked by the speed with which the road was repaired by the government.
“That’s a great development. It is a miracle. It is a miracle because the Governor promised something and within a week he’s doing exactly that. That is marvellous. He shows he’s a man of action. The community is highly appreciative and grateful to the Governor for this,” Adeyemi said regarding the road work.
The Governor had also at the same event said his administration’s upcoming social investment programme has been designed to fund small businesses, artisans, and lift many people out of the poverty bracket.
“This journey has begun with the passage of the Kwara State Social Investment Programme Bill by the State Assembly. We will make sure to redistribute wealth to our people, lift many people out of the poverty line, and support small and medium scale businesses to grow,” the governor he said.
“Kwara South, like the northern senatorial district, has huge potentials in tourism and agriculture, especially agroprocessing. The great traditional displays here today attest to this. We are seeking partnerships to attract investments to these sectors. On our part, we are going to commit a lot of money into opening up our state with rural roads and basic amenities like decent schools, sanitation facilities, and functional primary healthcare system. We have recently paid RAAMP counterpart funding.”
Governor AbdulRazaq, however reiterated that plans are in the pipeline to invigorate the security system in the state and deliver basic infrastructures to destitute parts of the state, adding the growth of small businesses is a strategy that will best fast track economic prosperity of the state.
“Our administration is also working on putting in place the necessary security architecture to protect lives and properties. We are seriously working to ensure that normal banking operations resume in our major towns like Offa, Omu Aran, Patigi and so on. The current situation where full time banking operations are restricted to the state capital is not acceptable,” he added.
