Elder statesman and Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), has appealed to the Federal Government to revisit the issue of the Ado-Ijan-Ilumoba-Ikole Road, which is in deplorable condition in Ekiti State.

Babalola stressed the importance of the road, which connects different communities in Ekiti State as well as the state to others, in addition to leading to many institutions and facilities.

The elder statesman, in a statement titled, ‘An appeal to the FG to revisit the road leading to ABUAD’, in Ado Ekiti, on Wednesday, appealed to the Federal Government that “something must be done about this road, and the time is now.”

File photo: Afe Babalola University gate

The elder statesman listed institutions and facilities along the road to include ABUAD; ABUAD Multi-system Hospital; the Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti; Ado Ekiti campus of the National Open University of Nigeria; the Federal Government-owned multi-million naira Silo; and Ekiti Agro-Allied International Cargo Airport.