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The Kwara State Commissioner for Communications and Culture, Mrs Abosede Olaitan Buraimoh today, Tuesday gave reasons why the state government embarked on the flyover bridge at Tanke Tipper Garage, Ilorin, said it will ease traffic congestion in the area.
We could recalled that Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq led administration recently approved construction of the flyoverbridge in the area with estimated value of over 2 billion Naira.
Addressing members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) at the chapel secretariat, the state commissioner of Communications, Mrs Abosede Buraimoh said the project was agreed on after due deliberations and consultations about the traffic situation in the metropolis by the stakeholders.
In her words, “The traffic situation around the Tanke axis in the state is as a result of the influx of people and expanding nature of the population within the metropolis”
“The second flyover will not only improve traffic decongestion in the state, it will further add to the aesthetics of our infrastructures”
“Despite the construction of the flyover, the government will also embarke on other adjoining roads in the axis that linked other communities to massively decongest traffic”
“Expansion of the Tanke road alone will not achieve the needed impact, hence the flyover. This demonstrates that the government has a total grasp of the situation and aware of the impact of our solution”.
She made further clarification that the traders in the affected area were relocated to occupy the setbacks rather than driving them away, saying that trading activities is still ongoing in the axis”
Talking on cleanliness of the state and capital city especially, Abosedesaid government is working to improve on cleanliness and assured members of the public that the state will not relent in it’s drive to improve the environmental situation in the state and called for attitudinal change from the people on waste and refuse disposal.
She added that many ongoing projects in the state like the Visual Arts and massive renovation of over 600 schools among others will further cement the state’s leading position in these sectors.
On the state of the Herald, Kwara TV and Radio, all information arms of the government, Mrs Abosede said the government investment in these sectors has birthed a 24hours transmission for the state radio adding that the Kwara TV will soon be on DSTV for better viewing experience.
On her entourage was the Director of Information in the ministry, Mr Ayo Akanbi and Special Adviser, Political Communincation, Alhaji Bashir Adigun among others.
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