Minister of Works David Umahi says President Bola Tinubu’s administration is proving its fairness in how it allocates federal road projects across the country, ensuring states historically overlooked in infrastructure spending are no longer left behind.
Meeting Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji in Abuja to discuss ongoing federal road projects in the state, Umahi said communities that previously received little or no federal road intervention are now benefiting from the current administration’s inclusive approach, recalling that during his own eight years as governor of Ebonyi State, no major federal road project reached that state, an experience he said Ekiti and several others shared before Tinubu took office. He credited Tinubu with changing that pattern through what he called a nationalistic, equitable approach to project allocation, and linked growing public support for the ruling party partly to the visible results of that shift, particularly in roads. Umahi assured Ekiti’s government that every existing federal road contract in the state will be executed strictly to engineering standards and contractual specifications, with contractors selected transparently under the Public Procurement Act and the state kept fully informed to enable effective monitoring, reiterating his ministry’s commitment to durable, high quality infrastructure that improves connectivity and supports the Renewed Hope Agenda.
Oyebanji, in turn, thanked Tinubu and Umahi for what he called unprecedented federal road investment in Ekiti, recalling that his appeal to the president through Umahi secured approval for reconstructing the Ado Iyin Aramoko Road, a project that had sat unfinished for years despite repeated promises from earlier administrations, with contractors mobilised to the site within weeks of approval, a speed he said generated widespread appreciation among residents. He also thanked the federal government for approving the Ado Ijan Ikole Road, calling it a strategic route that will significantly improve transport and economic activity in Ekiti and neighbouring areas, and said that in the nearly 30 years since Ekiti’s creation, no federal administration has matched the current government’s commitment to the state’s infrastructure, giving residents a renewed sense of belonging that prompted his visit to personally convey their appreciation.
