Tinubu approves construction of two federal roads in Ekiti

President Bola Tinubu has approved the inclusion of the construction of Itawure – Aramoko – Ado Ekiti and Aramoko – Ijero – Ifaki Ekiti roads in the 2026 budget of the Federal Government.

The Special Adviser to Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji on Media, Yinka Oyebode, disclosed this in a statement released in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday.

Oyebode stated that a letter to the effect of the approval “has since been forwarded from the Office of the President to the Honourable Minister of Works, Engr David Umahi. The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, was also copied.”

Oyebode added that “when constructed, the two newly approved roads will further ease travelling, enhance connectivity across different parts of the country, boost commercial activities and open up the state to greater economic opportunities and development.”

He disclosed that “the development was sequel to the visit of Governor Oyebanji and the Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, to President Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Sunday, November 9, 2025, where issues concerning the condition of federal roads in the State were discussed.”

Recall there has been some public outcry and deliberate misinformation over the deplorable condition of some federal roads in Ekiti State, particularly the Itawure – Aramoko – Ado Ekiti Road.

The Tinubu-led Federal Government has awarded contracts for three such roads, including the Akure – Ikere – Ado Ekiti Road and Ifaki – Oye – Ikole – Omuo Ekiti Roads in the state, and contractors have been mobilised to the site.

The Oyebanji administration in Ekiti State has also constructed one of them—the Ado-Iworoko-Ifaki Road—in addition to many inter-city and intra-city road projects in the past three years.

According to the governor’s media adviser, Oyebanji, on behalf of the Ekiti people, expressed thanks to Tinubu for his strategic intervention in the socio-economic and infrastructure development of Ekiti State, as well as other support provided for the state.

Oyebode, who expressed the Oyebanji government’s commitment to the welfare and well-being of the citizens, assured that it would continue to collaborate with the Federal Government, institutions, private sector players, and development agencies in its development efforts.

recently report that Oyebanji had assured the Federal Government was responding positively to the people’s yearning by awarding contracts to fix three of the six federal roads in the state.

The governor had urged citizens to show understanding for the government, stressing that the Federal Government had given assurances on the roads, while his government would also continue to invest in road and power infrastructure to boost the economy.

He had lauded President Tinubu “for his unwavering support for the state and for the demonstrated efforts at fixing the roads, which had culminated in the contractual awards of three of the roads.”

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