By Toba Babalola
In furtherance of his quest to ensure that all roads in Ekiti are motorable, Governor ‘Biodun Oyebanji has called on the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) to fix all the federal roads linking Ekiti without further delay.
Mr Oyebanji who made the plea during a visit to FERMA office in Abuja, said Ekiti people are utmost desirous to see the federal roads motorable just as the Yuletide season approaches.
Responding, the Managing Director of FERMA, Mr Nurudeen Nafidadi who said the mandate of FERMA was to monitor and maintain federal roads nationwide, however said the Agency was under funded to discharge its duties optimally.
He said that the Agency would not be deterred with the development, but will deploy its Field workforce to all Federal roads in Ekiti for immediate rehabilitation.