Residents Reject Oyo Govt’s Plan To Prolong Rashidi Ladoja Round Highway

Residents of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, have kicked in opposition to elongation of already marked lands meant for development of the Rashidi Ladoja Round Highway.

The protesters expressed their rejection to the deliberate extension by a peaceable protest on the entrance of Oyo State Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, on Monday.

LEADERSHIP gathered that Oyo State Authorities led by former Governor Rasidi Ladoja marked some lands for the development of a Round Highway in Ibadan between 2003 and 2007.

The venture was nevertheless stalled by the administration of late former Governor Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala who took over from Ladoja.

Nonetheless, the immediate-past administration of late Governor Abiola Ajimobi began its development when he was in workplace between 2011 and 2019.

Throughout protest, the residents appealed to Governor Seyi Makinde to not lengthen the Round Highway past the already marked areas.

The protesters, who had been principally from Akinyele native authorities space, famous that many individuals have already been affected by the prevailing association.

Armed with placards with inscriptions like, “150 meters is sufficient’, ‘150 metres is sufficient for Round Highway’ and ‘Our persons are dying each day’ the protesters urged Governor Makinde to rethink the choice.

Ismail Qamardeen Abimbola, who spoke on behalf of the protesters, famous that residents of many communities within the native authorities space had been already panicking over the deliberate extension.

He stated, “We’re right here to enchantment to the federal government to contemplate us on the problem of the hall they need to embark upon.

“I’m from Akinyele Native Authorities Space. Many villages and communities are concerned, these communities embrace Solalu, Alagbede, Olukitibi, Akinwande, Akinlawon, Omilabu, Aba Odo, Aba Ido, Ido Omo, Ori Oke, Oke Ola, Olowoogbo, Olohungba, Ade Owu, Asaaju and lots of villages.There are nonetheless many different communities that this hall is concerned.

“Our prayer is that the federal government ought to contemplate us, they need to not take past the already marked areas as a result of many individuals have died whereas alive already on the earlier 150 meters they’ve already marked. It’s an excessive amount of. We’re right here to enchantment to the state authorities.”