A prominent native of Ekiti, Hon Opeyemi David Falegan (ODF) has said Ekiti people don’t need a second flyover bridge in this financial toxicity/ stress /burden .
According to him spending billions of Naira on such a project in this economic hardship is quite insensitive, when the funds could be channel on Sustainable agricultural mechanization ( mechanised farming ) which will contribute significantly to the development of value chains and food systems in Ekiti state which has the potential to render postharvest, processing and marketing activities within and even outside the state ., which would reduce poverty and achieve food security while improving people’s livelihoods and also create employment for our people.
He also added that Ekiti roads are also death trap and some funds could be allocated for the internal roads linking all towns together, the roads have become a death trap lately , repairing the roads that would boost our agricultural value chain.
Falegan said towns and villages are poorly connected, adding that agriculture should be made priority of any well focused government now there is so much hunger in the land.
In his words building a second flyover now is , selfish, insincerity, callousness and deceptive. Pretending to love the people by embarking on white elephant project that has no direct benefit to people’s welfare, and economic value of the state but only Governor’s pocket”
Falegan said,this is unreasonable and also a misplaced priority which shows that the Governor is not connecting with his people to know where the shoes pinches them”,
“It shows that the Governor does not know the needs of the people.
It nothing but a selfish agenda, and another conduit pipe set to syphone Ekiti people’s fund