OSUN MUST ADMIT IWO-OSOGBO ROAD THAT IT INHERITS FROM OLD OYO STATE IS NOT A FEDERAL GOVT. ROAD. - Dotun Babayemi
WHO OWNS OSOGBO-IWO ROAD, OSUN STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? Published by New Dawn Magazine AN OPINION AND EXPOSITION ON THE TRUE OWNERSHIP OF THE IWO-OSOGBO ROAD BETWEEN OSUN AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. Omooba Dotun Babayemi, the Osun State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate, while featuring on Rave FM’s Yoruba audience participatory programme tagged ‘Oro Oselu’, on Monday, 11th April,2022, innocuously ignited a debate on whether the Osogbo-Iwo Road belongs to the Federal or Osun State Government. For sure, it was a most unintended poser. It was just a casual question which requires a definite and precise answer to pin an action of owner’s responsibility of maintaining the road for the use and benefits of her people. Responding to a question, Babayemi had listed a number of woes betiding the people of the state in the hands of the APC administration, especially the neglect of the Iwo-Osogbo Road and the accompanying sufferings being born...