Hundreds of residents of Elebu community and 15 others have cried to Governor Seyi Makinde to rescue them from being cut off from Ibadan due to the deplorable condition of roads leading to the area.
The residents made the call over the weekend while conducting journalists round parts of the community to narrate the hardship facing the residents
Communities partly cut off by the deplorable condition of the roads include Oritamerin, Abese, Idi-ahun, African Jerusalem, Asaka, Araromi, Abobo, Abese, Aba Ado, Buola, Agbada, Mekun-Ayo, Aba Ayo, Bola, Olosun, and Temidire, all in ldo local government area of Oyo state.
The residents specifically tasked Makinde as matter of urgency to put up all necessary machineries in motion to construct the roads in the affected communities before they would be completely cut off in the coming months of heavy rains.
In a joint letter addressed to Oyo state Commissioner for Public Works by the landlords/ landladies in the area, entitled: “Request for Support on Road Construction,” the residents urged the state government to take responsibility and fix the roads to rescue them the daily embarrassment suffered on the roads
“On behalf of the above-named community, I write to bring to your attention the poor condition of the road in our area. Mekun-Ayo Community is a community located along Elebu-Idi’Ahun axis of ldo Local Government. The community consists of Eight (8) zones of about 4500 in population”, they said.
Speaking, a resident in the community and the spiritual father of African Jerusalem Christian Ministry, Dr. Gideon Owoseni said the roads have been affecting livelihood of residents in the area and that the bad roads have resulted in high cost of living and increase in transportation costs, saying there is the need for government to without wasting time intervene and come to the rescue of the people of the affected communities.