Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Tuesday, announced a new N159 billion infrastructure plan aimed at addressing deficits in road construction, healthcare, and education.
The unveiling comes just 17 months after he introduced a N100 billion plan on October 27, 2023, which focused on the construction of five flyovers and major township roads across the state.
Speaking at the Exco Lounge, Governor’s Office, Abere, Adeleke described his previous N100 billion plan as a success, boasting that Osun has now become a construction hub with visible development projects across the state.
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He said, “We have so far completed the reconstruction, rehabilitation and renovation of over 150 kilometers of roads, 200 Primary Health Centres, 99 schools, while several dualization and flyover projects are at various stages of completion.”
Speaking about the new Infra plan, he said One Hundred and One Billion, Seven Hundred and Ninety Nine Million, Nine Hundred and Nine Three Thousand Naira (N101,799,993,595.05) is earmarked for road and lightening.
While One Billion, Nine Hundred and Eighty Nine Million, Four Hundred and Thirty Three Thousand Naira (N1,989,433,956.69) was billed for education sector and Health sector gulp Two Billion, Seven Hundred and Sixty-Three , One Hundred and Twenty-Four , Three Hundred and Sixty-Four Naira (N2,763,124,364.50).
The governor said, “the grand total for the infra plan is One Hundred and Fifty Nine Billion, One Hundred and Fifty Six Million, Three Hundred and Ninety Two Thousand Naira (159,156,392,674.20)”
