Ondo-Akure road: Motorists heave sigh of relief, as lawmaker provides temporary measure

Motorists and other road users plying the Akure-Ondo road heaved a sigh of relief following the rehabilitation of the Owena axis of the road which broke down about two weeks ago, causing serious traffic gridlock on that axis of the road.

This is coming after the lawmaker representing Idanre/ Ifedore Federal Constituency, Hon. Festus Akingbaso, provided temporary succour as palliatives to fix the road.

The lawmaker said the palliative measures became necessary as the poor condition of the road continue to pose serious challenge to residents of the area, damaging their vehicles and threatening their sources of livelihood.

Akingbaso who directed that the bad portion be filled with stones noted that vehicles ha e been spending hours on the section of the road while it also endangered the evacuation of farm produce from the area to the market and towns.

Nigerian Tribune noted the presence of some
officials of the ministry of works and infrastructure at the spots monitoring those fixing the troubled spot believed to be sinking due to the rampaging flood on the area.

Residents of the motorists hailed the efforts of the lawmaker describing the development as soothing, saying despite the area being outside the lawmaker’s constituency.

One of the motorist, Alabi Adeleke, said ” I was so excited today to see men working on the bad spot of the road. Motorists and travelers have been spending hours here while some sleep on the road.

“I want to commend the lawmaker from Idanre/Ifedore federal Constituency, Hon. Akingbaso, despite this place not under his constituency, directed that the place should be rehabilitated.

“I spent about five hours for a ten minutes journey to Owena and heavy vehicles have been spending days here because of the bad portion. The experience of the last five days has been harrowing and distressing, but we appreciatethe lawmakerfor his intervention”

A marketer, with a farm, Adesunmbo Adebayo lamented the poor condition of the federal roads in the state, and said there was a need for urgent action from FERMA saying, the bad roads across the country are responsible for most of the road accidents that occur in the state.

He said motorists and travellers have been trapped along the highway for five days as a result of a deep portholes which has made movement difficult, while traffic jam is the order of the day as heavy duty vehicles were stranded along the route

He said “We have been here for the past three days and our goods had been stuck here for days while customers have been waiting for us to deliver the goods in abuja.

“We are happy over the temporary measure was taken but I want to call on the state and Federal Government to repair all roads to help our business.

“I want to specifically commended the lawmaker who offer to provide this temporary measure adopted to make the road accessible.”