Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has decried the deplorable state of the Ibadan-Ilorin road.
Obasanjo, who spoke at the launch of former Oyo State Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala’s book — Amazing Grace — at Trenchard Hall, University of Ibadan (UI) on Saturday, said it was tragic that the artery remains in a sorry state 13 years after he left office as president.
The former president, who was chairman of the occasion, wondered why Alao-Akala would blame him on Page 390 of his book 13 years after he had left office.
Obasanjo said, “I wonder how you come on Page 390 of your book to blame or criticize me for dividing the Ibadan-Ilorin Road to three sections for reconstruction during my second term so that it could be expeditiously completed. You had a full-term plus one year from Governor Ladoja’s tenure as governor and even up till today, the roads are not completed and you believe honestly that in your biography, I should be blamed at least 13 years after l have left office.
“As an Ogbomoso man, I can understand how important that road is to you. But when I took the steps which I took for the road to be expeditiously handled, it was not for your interest as an Ogbomoso man but the economic life of Nigeria.”