Ekiti News reports that Mr. Sunday Adunmo, the Coordinator of the Ekiti State Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP), has promised that more rural roads will be constructed in the state before the end of the year.
The Project Coordinator made this promise while receiving members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly Committee on Agriculture and Food Security in his office in Ado Ekiti.
He said good rural roads played vital roles in enhancing food production and averting hunger and poverty,
Adunmo stated that “Ijero-Epe-Araromi-Iropora Road and Ikole-Ikoyi-Igbemo Road, totalling 32km, will be awarded for construction in a couple of weeks.
“Another 152km backlog maintenance/rehabilitation of rural roads is in the pipeline.”
The Project Coordinator also disclosed that the engineering design for 450km of spot improvement was being done in preparation for the contract award.
Adunmo hoped that the seven contractors who got the N17bn contracts for the construction of 13 rural roads would deliver quality jobs within the stipulated 18-month delivery time.
He said, “The contractors were aware RAAMP will not tolerate substandard work and will terminate contracts not meeting performance standards.
“The Projects Monitoring Committee of RAAMP, and relevant government agencies would visit your site to check your level of compliance with the agreement you signed.”