Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has given the contractor handling the Ado –Iworoko- Ifaki dual carriageway up till December this year to complete the project.
The governor said this in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, on Thursday after inspecting the level of work on the road and the Omisanjana Road project.
Fayemi said he was optimistic that the road project would be completed by the new date because the contractor had made progress.
He, however, warned the contractor against slowing down the pace of work at the site.
Fayemi said that the road was scheduled for completion since 2009 and warned the contractor against doing a shoddy job. He said that his administration would not accept any substandard job from contractors.
“We have met with the contractors before and gave them two options to either work on the road from 6:pm to 6am or choose to shut down the road for a certain period of time,” teh governor said.
Fayemi stressed that either of the proposed arrangements would enhance the pace of work on the road and enable the contractor complete the Ado – UNAD portion of the road which in order to ease traffic congestion in the area.