President Bola Tinubu has approved the construction of two more federal roads on Ekiti State.
According to a statement on Wednesday by Governor Biodun Oyebanji’s Special Adviser on Media, Yinka Oyebode, the roads are Itawure-Aramoko-Ado Ekiti and Aramoko-Ijero-Ifaki Ekiti roads.
He said the repair of the roads will be captured in the 2026 budget of the Federal Government.
Oyebode said a letter confirming the approval “has since been forwarded from the Office of the President to the Honourable Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi, with the Governor of Ekiti State copied.”
He added, “When constructed, the two newly approved roads will further ease travelling, enhance connectivity across different parts of the country, boost commercial activities, and open up the state to greater economic opportunities and development.”
The development followed a visit by Governor Oyebanji and the Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, to President Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Sunday, November 9, 2025, during which the condition of federal roads in Ekiti State was discussed.
Oyebode noted that there had been public concern and misinformation about the poor state of some federal roads in Ekiti, particularly the Itawure-Aramoko-Ado Ekiti Road.
He further highlighted that the Tinubu-led Federal Government had awarded contracts for three other roads in the state, including the Akure-Ikere-Ado Ekiti Road and the Ifaki-Oye-Ikole-Omuo Ekiti Roads, and contractors had been mobilised to site.
The Oyebanji administration has also completed the Ado-Iworoko-Ifaki Road, in addition to numerous inter-city and intra-city road projects over the last three years.
Oyebode said Governor Oyebanji, on behalf of the people of Ekiti, expressed gratitude to President Tinubu “for his strategic intervention in the socio-economic and infrastructure development of the state, as well as other support provided.”
He said the state government would continue to collaborate with the Federal Government, private sector players, and development agencies to advance its development agenda.
It was recently reported that Governor Oyebanji had confirmed the Federal Government’s responsiveness to public concerns, awarding contracts to fix three of the six federal roads in the state.
He also lauded President Tinubu “for his unwavering support for the state and for the demonstrated efforts at fixing the roads, which culminated in the contractual awards of three of the roads.”
