Help me beg FG to allow me repair and fix the road – Obaseki tells Edo residents over deplorable state of federal roads

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state has urged the state’s residents to request assistance from the Federal Government to permit his administration to address the deteriorated segments of federal roads within the state.

The governor made this request during his attendance at a thanksgiving service held at St. James Cathedral, Ugbogbo, in Igarra, which serves as the headquarters of the Akoko Edo Local Government Area (LGA). This event took place on Tuesday, August 29.

He raised concerns over the deplorable state of federal roads in Edo State, noting that several attempts to carry out palliatives on his part had been rebuffed by the contractors handling the road projects.

According to him; “I promised His Royal Highness, the Otaru of Igarra, that I would be attending the Abba Festival as a special guest, a couple of days or weeks ago. I was actually on my way but there was no road to get there, so I had to turn back and return to Benin. I want to repair and fix your road but you have to help me beg them in Abuja to let me do it because they say it’s their own road and will not allow a state to work on their roads and fix them.”