The Leader of the Senate, Opeyemi Bamidele, yesterday, said that the Federal Government had approved the dualisation of Ado-Ekiti-Ikere-Akoko Road, a 31-kilometre highway that connects Ekiti State to Federal Capital Territory through Ondo, Edo and Kogi states.
In a statement by his media office and made available to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti, Bamidele, who was reacting to Monday’s protest by workers and students of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, said the construction of the highway was already captured in the 2024 Appropriation Act enacted the National Assembly to implement strategic infrastructure projects that would create limitless opportunities for Nigerians across 36 states of the federation.
The Senate Leader said he had spoken about the road reconstruction during a feedback session with Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Afe Babalola, on Monday.
He said that the Ado-Ekiti-Ikere-Akoko was one of the 12 federal roads that had suffered neglect even before democratic transition in 1999. Bamidele further said that the dualisation of the road was due to the volume of traffic on the inter-state highway that connects Ekiti to Abuja through Ondo, Edo and Kogi states, saying that it was a decision taken by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
