….Cofirms Ilawe as approved location of FCE
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Senate Leader and senator representing Ekiti Central senatorial district Opeyemi Bamidele, has disclosed that the Federal Government has earmarked N4 billion for roads in Ekiti State in the amended supplementary 2022 federal budget.
He said the gesture was an extension of Governor Biodun Oyebanji’s drive for infrastructure development.
The Senate Leader said that Ekiti State would benefit immensely from the amended supplementary budget passed and approved for President Bola Tinubu to be able to provide palliatives to cushion the effects of the fuel subsidy removal and address other nations’ economic challenges.
Bamidele made the revelation at the weekend in Ikogosi during a Thanksgiving service marking the 90th birthday of governor’s father, Pa Ezekiel Oyebanji,
According to him, “Some of the new projects that were approved will be in the overall best interest of Ekiti people. One of them is the sum of N2 billion that was approved for the construction of Iyin-Ilawe Ekiti Road which is something that we believe will connect not only the two communities but will connect Ekiti Central Senatorial District with Ekiti South Senatorial District.
The federal lawmaker also cleared the air on the recent controversies surrounding the location of a new Federal College of Education between two communities in Ekiti State
“Recently, Federal College of Education was approved for Ilawe Ekiti, the road will also serve the purpose of trying to open up the community to make life easier even for that campus. Other approvals in the budget are the sum of N1 billion for the construction of inner roads in Ado Ekiti and N1 billion for the construction of inner roads in Ijero Ekiti.
“These are all parts of the extension of the infrastructural development drives of Governor Oyebanji. He met with all of us and he gave us a list of projects that were of utmost concern for him,” Bamidele said.
