Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji yesterday said his administration had achieved over 90 per cent of the promises he made to Ekiti people during his campaign.
Oyebanji, who said this during the launch of Itawure -Okemesi Road project, added that his administration had lit up over 30 communities that had been in darkness for close to 20 years.
He assured residents that his government would continue to invest in infrastructural development in a bid to ensure the people lived a better life.
The governor said Itawure- Okemesi Road was just the first phase of the road project, adding that the second phase would see the construction work extended to Ikoro, Ipoti, Ijero and Iloro axis.
He said the project had economic and security importance to the state, as it had the ability to attract investors to the area and support the developmental strides of his administration.
“Today’s projects cover Okemesi, Ido-Ile and Efon Alaaye. As we are launching this project, we are also embarking on the construction of Ido-Ile – Okemesi Road, and we are equally embarking on the construction of Alanaka Road in Efon. These are my campaign promises to our people.
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“When we marked two years in office, I had a book of promises I made to our people, I checked it and I stand before God and man to say that in two years, what I promised Ekiti people, I have done more than 90 per cent of it.
“There is no community where I made promises that we have not done what we promised them, either in terms of infrastructure, welfare or party development.
“On the issue of electricity, if there is one thing I am desirous of doing, I promise to ensure Okemesi also enjoys the benefit of electricity from the state. I am going to send a team here in January to advise us on how to go about it.
“Within the last two years, we have lit up more than 30 communities. These are communities that have not had electricity in 20 years.” the governor added . Works Commissioner Mr Sola Adebayo, who described the project as another milestone in the annals of the administration of Governor Oyebanji’s drive to open up the state to investors and community development, said the government had continued to prioritise the well-being of the people through a robust focus on infrastructure and industrialisation.
He noted that government recognised that roads were not just infrastructure, but also lifeline that connected people through transportation of goods and opened doors to investments.
The Owaoye of Okemesi, Oba Gbadebo Adedeji; President, Okemesi Improvement Union, Chief Nathaniel Olaoye and a former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Wale Fapohunda (SAN), thanked the governor for his interest in the community as well as counting their community worthy in his developmental agenda.