Ex-minister Adegoroye lauds Tinubu for sustaining Akure–Ado road project

…Says Fashola, not Umahi, deserves recognition for award

By Dayo Johnson, Akure

Former Minister of State for Transportation, Prince Ademola Adegoroye, has commended President Bola Tinubu for sustaining the Akure–Ado Ekiti roadworthy task initiated nether the Muhammadu Buhari administration.

In a connection issued successful Akure, Adegoroye said the President’s determination to proceed the task with its archetypal specifications demonstrated statesmanship and committedness to infrastructure development.

He recalled that Tinubu personally experienced the difficulties of the roadworthy during the 2014/2015 Buhari run and understands its value to the radical of Ondo and Ekiti states.

Reacting to comments credited to ineligible luminary, Chief Adeniyi Akintola (SAN), Adegoroye expressed reservations implicit the attribution of the task to the existent Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, alternatively of his predecessor, Babatunde Raji Fashola.

“I was a subordinate of the Federal Executive Council erstwhile the task was awarded and erstwhile it was flagged disconnected with monolithic mobilisation fees already paid to the contractors by the Buhari administration. To springiness Umahi the recognition alternatively of Fashola is blatantly unfair and beats my imagination, particularly since the facts are successful the nationalist domain,” helium said.

The erstwhile curate disclosed that helium and erstwhile Ekiti State Governor, Niyi Adebayo, who was past Minister of Industry, played captious roles successful securing the project’s approval. He besides acknowledged the contributions of the precocious Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, and erstwhile Ekiti Governor, Kayode Fayemi, successful pushing for the road’s construction.

According to him, Fashola, arsenic Works Minister, not lone promised to redesign and grow the roadworthy but besides ensured that it was executed to past for decades.

Adegoroye further weighed successful connected governance successful the South-West, cautioning against unfair comparisons betwixt Lagos, Ogun, and Oyo—where governors are successful their seventh twelvemonth successful office—and Ekiti, Osun, and Ondo, whose existent governors person spent little than 4 years.

He praised the efforts of Osun’s Governor Ademola Adeleke, Ekiti’s Governor Biodun Oyebanji, and Ondo’s Governor Lucky Ayedatiwa, describing Ayedatiwa arsenic a “quiet, strategic, and focused administrator” whose developmental strategies are opening to amusement results.

While urging Nigerians to question clarification earlier making nationalist statements, Adegoroye said helium believed Akintola’s remarks connected the Akure–Ado roadworthy task were not mischievous but based connected insufficient information.

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