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Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has linked worsening socio-economic challenges in the nation to failure of the Federal Government to live up to its responsibilities.
He stated this in Benin City, yesterday, while decrying the bad state of federal roads in the state.
The governor, in an interview with journalists, described the condition of the roads as appalling and called for urgent action to salvage the situation and reduce the sufferings of commuters and other citizens.
“I went to Esan land a few days ago, and I passed through Uromi in Edo State to Agbor in Delta State and saw almost 1,000 trailers stuck on that bad Federal Government road. But it took a few minutes to traverse our state roads when we entered from Igueben, Ujogba to Ugoneki in Edo State. The problem today is the failure of the Central Government. The road network in Edo that ought to be a blessing to us is not. The Federal Government roads in Edo are connecting several locations across the country but the roads are bad.
“You can’t go from the West to the East from the North to the South without passing through Edo State. That is why we have many federal roads here but none are motorable as all are bad because of the failure of the central government.”
