The Osun State Government just came out with a fresh assurance that key road projects will wrap up on time no endless delays this round.
This dropped today, February 18, via statements from the Director of Highways, Engr. Moruf Ojebode, during an on-site check of the ongoing 3.6km dual carriageway in Iwo town.The headline piece is that massive 55.6km Osogbo-Iwo-Ibadan road it’s been split among three contractors: Pecular Ultimate Concerns, Kimzee Global Resources (or Mzee in some reports), and A’skorg Integrated Service Limited.
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They’re getting mobilized this month, work starts soon. The idea? Speed things up, ease the traffic headaches between Osun and Oyo, and get economic flow moving along that corridor faster.
I think splitting big jobs like this makes sense when timelines matter avoids one contractor dragging everything.Residents in Iwo were there praising the admin too, especially for that new dual carriageway in their town first of its kind, they say and other internal roads done in just two years under Governor Ademola Adeleke.
It feels like a bit of local goodwill mixed in with the official line.To be honest, this comes against a backdrop where not everyone’s thrilled.
Some folks have been complaining about substandard work on newer roads like in Igangan-Ijesa recently, where people were literally digging up fresh asphalt by hand, calling it poor quality that won’t last. Protests, social media videos, the usual frustration when expectations clash with reality.
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But the government keeps pushing these assurances, pointing to completed stretches like Edunabon-Tonkere (10.4km linking over 100 communities) and others to show they’re delivering.
Overall, it’s classic infrastructure talk in Osun right now: big promises on connectivity, faster execution through divided contracts, and a nod to how roads boost trade, access, daily life. Whether it all lands on time and holds up? We’ll see people here have seen too many starts and stops not to stay skeptical.
Still, if they pull it off, it could quiet some critics and make commuting less of a nightmare. Fingers crossed it’s more action than words this time.
Source : The Guardian
