The ongoing construction of erosion control and drainage culverts at Naira and Kobo junction, Osun State University Road, Ikire, has stalled over insufficient funds.
The project, according to findings by OSUN DEFENDER, was facilitated by the senator representing Osun West, Lere Oyewumi. A sum of N100 million was allocated for the project by President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government in the approved 2024 Budget.
It was gathered that the culvert was put in place after the July 22, 2023, flood that ravaged over 100 residents, shops, hostels, destroyed farmlands, and killed livestock, among others.
But OSUN DEFENDER visited the site of the project on Wednesday and observed that work has stopped without completion of the project.
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Speaking with the medium yesterday, the Spokesperson to Senator Oyewumi, Oluwatimileyin Popoola, said the fund approved for the project is not enough for its completion.
He stressed that the job currently done on the site is based on the resources available, saying additional fund will be included for the drainage construction in the supplementary budget.
“The money budgeted for the project at the first instance was not enough. The fund only covered where the project stopped for now. But additional fund will be earmarked for its completion in the supplementary budget,” Oluwatimileyin asserted.
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