The Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Friday, attended the Jumah service alongside his deputy, Engr. Rauf Olaniyan; the Deputy Chief of Staff, Mr AbdulMojeed Mogbonjubola; other appointees and top civil servants in the State.
The governor, while at the Adogba Central Mosque, Iwo Road, Ibadan, disclosed that his administration is going to reconstruct the popular Iwo Road interchange, in Ibadan, the state capital, which he said would cost about N8 billion and would be completed between nine and eleven months.
A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Taiwo Adisa, noted that Governor Makinde informed the Muslim faithful at the mosque that the decision to demolish the mosque to pave way for the construction of an interchange was part of government’s plan to make Ibadan a befitting state capital.
He added that a church along the interchange area would also be demolished, refuting the insinuation that the demolition had religion undertone.
He stated further that the State Government had made provision for new land for the building of a befitting mosque for the Adogba congregation, promising to personally spearhead the finance for the building of the new mosque.
-Folorunsho Jumoke