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For example, Peculiar Ultimate Concerns Ltd has agreed that the
construction labour will come from Oyo State, and we are holding them
to that agreement.
Please permit me also to use this opportunity to re-address the criticism
that trailed the cost of this contract. Some people had asked why the
Airport-Ajia road costs more per kilometre than the Moniya-Iseyin
road. Let me restate that when we want to make such comparisons,
we should ensure that we are comparing apples to apples and not
apples to oranges.
One of the roads may appear longer, but when you visit the site, you will
nd that the Airport-Ajia road has more hydraulic structures, what you
will call bridges in lay man's terms. We will be embarking on the
expansion and rehabilitation of these bridges as well.
Our administration means business. We will drastically reduce the
infrastructure decit in Oyo State in the shortest possible time.
And this is how economies work: Investors will only go where they
can be assured of prots. If we do not develop basic infrastructure like
roads, it will affect the cost of production, which in turn means less prot
for investors. So, we cannot be seriously discussing attracting
investment into Oyo State when a majority of roads and other
infrastructure are in a state of disrepair.
On this note, I now ag off the total reconstruction of the twenty-onekilometre
Airport – Ajia – New Ife Express Road with a spur to Amuloko
to the Glory of God and the benet of the good people of Oyo State.
Governor Seyi Makinde,
August 5, 2020
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