The Edo State governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has tied the increasing socio-economic issues befalling Nigeria to the failure of the federal government to live up to its responsibilities.
Obaseki made this known while speaking to newsmen in Benin City, he described the terrible state of federal roads in the State, calling for immediate action to restore the situation and reduce the sufferings of the citizens.
The governor stressed that he travelled through the federal roads linking Uromi in Esan South East to Agbor in Delta State and saw the terrible state of the road with over 1,000 trailers stuck with goods as a result of bad roads.
In his words:“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 federal government.”
