Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has promised to dualise the road from Ajia Junction on Ife Road to the Nigerian Air Force Base in Ajia, signposting the dedicated upgrade of critical infrastructure in the State.
Governor Makinde, during an on-the-spot assessment of the Nigerian Air Force Base project at the weekend, expressed satisfaction at the progress rate.
The governor, who was conducted round the facility by Kolade Ademuwagun, Air Vice Marshala and the Air Officer Commanding, Logistics Command, Nigerian Air Force, Ikeja, and other officers, however, noted that the other road linking the Air Force Base to the Airport Road would be completed as a single carriage.
Addressing journalists in the course of the inspection, Governor Makinde said: “You can see that the Nigerian Air Force Base in Ajia is a reality now. We are here to check the infrastructure and the level of readiness for the Air Force Base to become operational.
“We have taken some far-reaching decisions today. From Ife Road junction to the base will be dualised. We will probably go ahead and kick-start that immediately. From the base to the Airport Road will be a single carriage.”
He said the Nigerian Air Force Base project should be ready for inauguration at the end of May and early June to coincide with the Nigerian Air Force Anniversary.
While asking him on when the road would be ready, he said: “I will give them about six months to complete it. Hydraulic structures are done, it is just to complete the stone base and put asphalt on it.”
The governor was accompanied on the inspection by William Akin-Funmilayo,the Commissioner for Lands, Housing and Urban Development; Bayo Lawal, Senior Executive Assistant to the Governor on General Duties and other Government functionaries.
