Ilorin-Jebba Road will be fixed -Fashola

Minister of Power, Works, and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has declared that the repair of the Ilorin-Jebba highway was a priority. He decried its deplorable state and said the present regime was committed to fixing it and also ensuring subsequent maintenance of the road.

He said the repair of the road was necessary due to the time wasted on the highway by road users. 

The minister spoke when he paid a visit to the Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, at the state Government House in Minna, Tuesday night. He also visited the Zungeru Hydro Power Dam.

‘‘We are making 60km journey that should take 40 minutes. We are making it at one and half hour to three hours.

“As I said to those truck drivers along Ilorin-Jebba road, staying there for four days, if they have the opportunity where they will pay and tolling it would have been better than losing four days and their perishable goods there. We will fix the roads first and we go back to maintenance,” the minister said.