The people of Ora community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State have issued a fresh appeal to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, expressing deep frustration over the continued neglect of the road linking the town to Oke-Onigbin and Oke-Ode—an unfulfilled political promise dating back more than four decades.
In a personal plea addressed to the Governor, Dr Dauda Folaranmi Salau, an indigene of the community, recounted the long history of political assurances that never materialised. He noted that he completed his secondary school education in Ile-Ife in 1982 and returned home through the same mud road that remains untarred in 2025.
According to him, the issue dominated political campaigns in 1983, when former Governor Adamu Attah, the late Dr Olusola Saraki, Chief C.O. Adebayo and other political leaders canvassed support in Ora on the promise that the road would be constructed. He said the commitment has since been repeated by successive administrations without action.
Dr Salau expressed disappointment that despite assurances by the current administration late last year, neither the 12km Oke-Aba–Ora road nor the 8km Abayan–Ora road was included in the state’s 2025 rural roads budget.
He questioned what he described as the community’s continued abandonment, despite Ora’s longstanding support for successive governments. He said the community had taken it upon itself to provide basic amenities, including the construction and equipping of a Divisional Police Station and the recent donation of a patrol vehicle to enhance security in the area.
He stressed that even when the community produced a Commissioner in the state, the road project remained unattended, leaving residents disillusioned and burdened.
Dr Salau appealed to Governor AbdulRazaq to prioritise the project in the 2026 budget, stating that the people of Ora were peaceful, law-abiding, and committed to community development. He added that completing the road would end decades of lamentation and reinforce the Governor’s reputation as a leader who matches words with action.
He maintained that the community had endured 43 years of promises and deserves the government’s intervention to ease their hardship.