Oyo to rehabilitate 43 roads with N1.3bn

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The Oyo State Government has approved the rehabilitation of 43 roads at the cost of N1.3bn and the supply of 50,000 tables and chairs for its secondary schools.

 

The decisions were taken at the State Executive Council meeting held at the Governor’s Office, Ibadan, on Monday.

 

According to a statement, government will commence the rehabilitation of 43 roads across the state.

It said, “The procurement of 50,000 pieces of furniture for public secondary schools in the state,- the second phase of about five phases of procurement of furniture to schools, is also to commence with immediate effect.

 

“Some roads will be rehabilitated through direct labour; others will be executed through contract awards.”

 

The statement explained that indigenous road construction companies resident in the state would benefit from the road rehabilitation projects and that the state government had decided to share the supply of the furniture among 46 artisan associations in the state, in line with the implementation of the local content policy of the present administration.

 

It added that the state government approved the construction of eight Physics, Chemistry and Biology laboratories in selected public secondary schools in all the zones in the state.

 

According to the statement, the state government has approved the employment of 110 education officers and 3,000 teachers to fill the vacant positions.

 

The state government also approved the construction of neighbourhood markets at NITEL, Old Ife Road, Bode, Eleiyele, Sango, Temidire and the Ibadan end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.