{"id":170171,"date":"2025-07-19T12:33:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T11:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ekiti-community-urges-fix-for-collapsing-odo-ayedun-road"},"modified":"2025-07-19T13:45:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T12:45:15","slug":"ekiti-community-urges-fix-for-collapsing-odo-ayedun-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ekiti-community-urges-fix-for-collapsing-odo-ayedun-road","title":{"rendered":"Ekiti Community Urges Fix for Collapsing Odo Ayedun Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Disturbed by the deplorable state of federal roads in Ekiti State, a group under the auspices of the Odo Ayedun Concerned Citizens Forum has called on both the Federal Government and the Ekiti State Government to urgently intervene by reconstructing the Odo Ayedun\u2013Omuo Federal Road, a critical corridor that links the South-West region to the northern part of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>This road, which serves as a major artery for economic and social activities between the two regions, has become nearly impassable, causing untold hardship to commuters, transporters, and residents along the route.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with journalists, a member of the group and resident of Odo Ayedun Ekiti, Engineer Ayo Aregbesola, described the state of the road as \u201can economic and safety disaster waiting to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He lamented that the poor condition of the road continues to hinder the free movement of goods and services and has exposed road users to accidents, armed robbery, kidnapping, and other dangers.<\/p>\n<p>Engineer Aregbesola appealed passionately to both levels of government to take swift action to rehabilitate and reconstruct the road. \u201cThis road is too strategic to be neglected. It connects the South-West to the North and plays a vital role in regional integration and commerce. We cannot afford to ignore it any longer,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The residents of Odo Ayedun and adjoining communities are therefore calling for a joint intervention by the Federal Government and the Ekiti State Government to urgently mobilize efforts toward the repair and upgrade of the road to alleviate the suffering of the people and restore the economic viability of the region.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Disturbed by the deplorable state of federal roads in Ekiti State, a group under the auspices of the Odo Ayedun Concerned Citizens Forum has called on both the Federal Government and the Ekiti State Government to urgently intervene by reconstructing the Odo Ayedun\u2013Omuo Federal Road, a critical corridor that links the South-West [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":170170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[308,254,227,18071],"class_list":["post-170171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-ekiti","tag-nigeria","tag-nigerian-govt","tag-odo-ayedun-omuo-road"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ekiti Community Urges Fix for Collapsing Odo Ayedun Road - 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