From Seyi Ojelade, Ibadan
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Tuesday inaugurated and presented 99 earth moving equipment, including bulldozers, graders and low beds to all the 33 local government councils in the state to facilitate accessibility to rural areas.
While inaugurating the equipment at the Governor’s Office Car Park, the governor said that the move was aimed at promoting rural integration and development as well as ending the regime of waste of farm produce.
Governor Ajimobi explained that the equipment would enhance movement of farm produce from the hinterland to urban centres, stressing that farm produce were hitherto destroyed due to lack of accessible roads to farmlands.
He disclosed that the procurement of the graders and bulldozers would improve road rehabilitation, especially in the rural areas at cheaper costs.
In his remarks, the Caretaker Committee Chairman of Ibadan North-West Local Government, Mr. Wasiu Olatubosun said that the state under the administration of Governor Ajimobi was the first to achieve such a feat in the history of the state.
He said that the equipment would be used to open up new roads and to rehabilitate the existing ones in all the local government councils in the state.
Earlier in his welcome address, the state ALGON Chairman, Mr. Yekeen Popoola said that the purchase of the equipment would meet the request of the local farmers and various communities.
