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Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has accused both the Federal and Osun State Governments of abandoning roads in the ancient town.
The monarch said the poor state of roads had made transportation of persons and goods within Ife very difficult.
Oba Ogunwusi spoke on Sunday at the inauguration of a 700 metre road at the popular Odo-Ogbe market, Ile-Ife, facilitated by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Legislative Matters, Senator Babajide Omoworare.
A statement by Moses Olafare, the Director of Media and Public Affairs, Ooni’s Palace, on Sunday, quoted the royal father as saying: “I really do not know our offence in Ife to deserve the poor road network that surrounds us. It is not enough to call Ife the source. This city deserves to be treated as the true source of humanity that it is.
“It is so bad that the same government that has refused to fix our roads is the one denying us access to do what we can ourselves. All we hear is that it is a government road; so we have to keep waiting.”
The monarch added that since government couldn’t do it alone, the city would want some of its roads to be done privately by some concession arrangements.
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