Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has begged the youths of Ondo South Senatorial District to cooperate with contractors and security personnel deployed to secure the workers involved in the construction of the virgin 51-kilometer Araromi Seaside-Akodo-Lekki Road for early and seamless completion.
He asked them to shun activities that would cause situations that might give rise to negative reports on the project.
Akeredolu, who spoke during the flag-off of the construction of the road at Araromi in the Ilaje Local Government Area of the state, said the road would not only bring tremendous benefits to the people of the area, but would also link them with other Niger Delta states.
Akeredolu said, “The attendant socio-economic benefits, which the completion of this road will bring are considerable. There will be an unprecedented influx of visitors to our state through this route.
“The sons and daughters of these communities, too, will no longer have excuses not to visit as frequently as possible. Economic activities will improve and real wealth will be created for the benefit of our people.”
The Memorandum of Understanding between the Niger Delta Development Commission and the Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission for the construction of the Araromi Seaside-Akodo-Lekki Road was signed on April 5, 2017.
While describing the inauguration of the road project as historical, Akeredolu assured the people that the project would not suffer the same fate as the others hurriedly conceived to achieve parochial political ends.
The Chairman of the Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, Mr. Gbenga Edema, hailed Governor Akeredolu for opening up the road to facilitate the economic development of the state’s Southern Senatorial District.
