Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has lamented the deplorable state of the road linking Akure, Ondo State with Ado Ekiti in Ekiti State.
He called uon the Federal Government to as a matter of urgency rehabilitate it.
He said the road linking Akure, Ondo State with Ado Ekiti in Ekiti State, is now in a deplorable state that motorists now avoid it.
Fayose added,” the road is too important to the economy of Ondo and Ekiti States as well as the well-being of the people of the States to be neglected completely by the Federal government.
Fayose, according to his spokesperson, Lere Olayinka, said the former governor, who was speaking at the Akure Airport on Sunday, said the road has become a source of severe hardship for Nigerians, especially the people of Ekiti State who are the major users of the road.
He called the Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola to use his good offices to ensure that the road gets the required attention.
He noted that “In the last one year, the road has become so bad that only people who are unmindful of its deplorable it use.”
Fayose said innocent people who unknowingly ply the road are daily at the mercy of criminals.
