THE Oyo state government has said it would soon begin training of staff in the maintenance departments of local government areas and local council development areas in the state to be able to carry out maintenance works on roads across the state. In the ongoing project which he tagged, “Zero tolerance for potholes in Oyo state”, Akintola said the state will be working at night in areas peculiar for a high volume of human and vehicular traffic. “Majority of the roads we have in the state are feeder roads and they belong to the local government. “By doing that, we are empowering those maintenance staff to be able to carry out the maintenance work themselves. The budget for this year has not been approved so the work we are carrying out dovetailed from last year,” Akintola said.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 17, 2018 15:30 UTC