By Emmanuel Kehinde, Ilorin
The Kwara State Commissioner for Information and Culture, Mrs Abosede Olaitan Buraimoh has underscored the need for a second flyover in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.
The award of the Tanke flyover by the present administration estimated to gulp over N2b has generated diverse reactions in the state.
But the commissioner who paid a maiden visit to the Correspondent Chapel in Kwara State told journalists that the Tanke flyover project was arrived at after due deliberations and consultations about the traffic situation in the metropolis.
According to her, “The traffic situation around the Tanke axis in the state is as a result of the influx of people and expanding nature of the population within the metropolis.
“The second flyover will not only improve traffic decongestion in the state, it will further add to the aesthetics of our infrastructures.
“Despite the construction of the flyover, the government will also embarke on other adjoining roads in the axis that linked other communities to massively decongest traffic.
“Expansion of the Tanke road alone will not achieve the needed impact, hence the flyover. This demonstrates that the government has a total grasp of the situation and aware of the impact of our solution”.
The Commissioner said the traders affected by the projects were only relocated to occupy the setbacks rather than driving them away.
She added that the state will not relent in it’s drive to improve the environmental situation in the state and called for attitudinal change from the people on waste and refuse disposal.
She said many ongoing projects in the state like the Visual Arts and massive renovation of over 600 schools among others will further cement the state’s leading position in these sectors.
On the state of the Herald, Kwara TV and Radio, all information arms of the government, Mrs Abosede said the government investment in these organs has birthed a 24hours transmission for the state radio adding that the Kwara TV will soon be on DSTV for better viewing experience.
On her entourage was the Director of Information in the ministry, Mr Ayo Akanbi and Special Adviser, Political Communincation, Alhaji Bashir Adigun among others.
