FG frustrates efforts by Fayemi to fix the roads – Ayo Arise alleges

Bisi ABASS

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ayo Arise, has alleged that all efforts by the administration of Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi to fix the roads I the state were frustrated by the Federal Government.
Arise, who represented Ekiti North Senatorial District between 2011- 2014 made the allegation on the sideline of final burial rites for late Prophetess Victoria Popoola, mother of a former Governorship aspirant of APC, Otunba Demola Popoola.
The former Senator expressed concern over the deplorable condition of the Federal roads in Ekiti State and lamented that Ekiti had been technically cut off from the rest of the country due to the menace of poor road networks.
Speaking further on the poor road network, APC chieftain regretted that the new generation of leaders had failed to either maintain or fix most of the roads in the Ekiti State, which he said were constructed in the 1950s, during the era of the late sage Chief Obafemi Awolowo.
According to him, “I know that governor Kayode Fayemi made concerted efforts to jointly fix the roads between Ikere-Ekiti and Akure, the Ondo State. The governor went as far as securing loans for the project only for the Federal government not to assure that it will repay the money.
“So, we are prepared to fix the roads, they are our roads and it is for our people. Those losing their lives on the roads are our people. It is either somebody from Ekiti, Ondo, Osun or other adjoining states. It is a worrisome and unprecedented situation. All the roads leading to Ekiti are so terrible now. It is not a good story to tell”.
While extolling the virtues of the deceased, Arise described the late Madam Popoola as a devout Christian who served God till the point of death.
According to him, the deceased was blessed with wonderful and industrious children.
“Prophetess was blessed with many wonderful and industrious children. I have noticed that in the calibre of people who graced the occasion and how the burial ceremonies were put together. ” Senator Arise remarked.