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The lawmaker representing Ibarapa East/Ido Federal Constituency of Oyo State in the House of Representatives, Engr Aderemi Oseni, has inaugurated N120 million worth of earth-moving equipment, aimed at enhancing grassroots development and ensuring food security within the federal constituency.
Speaking after the inauguration of the equipment at Ibarapa East/Ido Federal Constituency Office in Ologuneru, Ibadan, on Monday, Oseni noted that the dire state of road networks in his constituency compelled him to procure the equipment, which include a grader and payloader, to facilitate the seamless movement of people, goods and services.
“We are currently starting the rehabilitation of 80 roads in phase one of this project. Once completed, we will proceed to phase two. Additionally, we have selected certain roads in both Ido and Ibarapa East Local Governments for asphalt tarring.
“Hiring equipment for road rehabilitation is no longer fashionable nor economical. That’s why we’ve invested in our own. In addition to ongoing health and education projects, we’ve finalised plans to dig 50 boreholes in polling units to enhance water supply. Currently, we’ve finished three boreholes, in addition to several others commissioned prior to the elections,” he said.
While also distributing bags of rice to numerous communities as part of the measures to cushion current hardship, the federal lawmaker lauded President Bola Tinubu for the release of N100 million each to lawmakers through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture to address the plight of the masses.
Oseni, who is the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA), tasked Nigerians to be actively involved in the intervention of the Federal Government on road projects across the nation by reporting any contractor that indulges in poor handling of projects to the agency’s offices.
“I have been telling our committee members in the House of Representatives that fixing our roads is our major challenge. But as community leaders and members of society, wherever we find ourselves, we should be involved in monitoring these contractors. A lot of money has been appropriated for road projects.
“When you see contractors saddled with the responsibility of fixing the roads in your area and you see that the job is not being done properly, you don’t need to be a qualified engineer before you know when something is not being done very well or the way it should be done. Raise your voice and go to our offices in various states to report such incidents and we will be able to take it up from there,” he posited.
Earlier in his remarks, the Senior Legislative Aide (SLA) to the lawmaker, Alhaji Abdul-Hakeem Okedina, urged the people to support him (Oseni) in his drive to improve infrastructural facilities in the constituency, assuring that more dividends of democracy will be available to all irrespective of political, religious and ethnic affiliations.
