{"id":4638,"date":"2017-05-22T04:00:06","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T04:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/edo-drives-clean-up-project-with-central-bus-facility\/"},"modified":"2017-05-22T04:00:06","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T04:00:06","slug":"edo-drives-clean-up-project-with-central-bus-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/edo-drives-clean-up-project-with-central-bus-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Edo drives clean-up project with central bus facility"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Edo Clean-up Project. PHOTO: getgripng.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Ahead of the completion of the central park to pave way for its clean-up project in the Benin metropolis, Edo state government has provided a temporary central bus terminal at the Oba Akenzua Cultural Central premises.<\/p>\n

The Chief of Staff to the state governor, Mr Taiwo Akerele, made the disclosure during a visit to the King\u2019s Square, popularly known as Ring Road to assess the level of compliance to the Edo Clean-up Project aimed at decongesting the city centre.<\/p>\n

He said that the authorities was aware of the challenges faced by pedestrians, \u201cWe are appealing to residents, especially those who do business in the King\u2019s Square to exercise patience with the state government. In the next two weeks, a central park will be provided in the city centre,\u201d Akerele said.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\nThe government said\u200e the move to create the temporary Central Park was to ease long distance trekking by passengers as commercial drivers have been banned from dropping and picking passengers at the Oba Ovoramen Square popularly known as Ring Road.<\/p>\n

\u200eChief of Staff to the Edo State Governor Taiwo Akerele disclosed this at a press briefing in Benin City where he said commercial drivers would use the temporary Central Park pending when the completion of the proposed site for Central Park.
\n\u200e
\nAkerele urged residents in the state to make sacrifices for Benin City to be cleaned up as illegal parking and picking of passengers has been prohibited in the Ring Road and environs. \u201cWe want to ease the pains and challenges being encountered by passengers. In the next few weeks, the central terminal will be ready. This is temporary.
\n\u200e
\n\u201dFor us to keep this city clean, there has to be some sacrifices by everybody. We are cleaning this city on a sustainable basis. The central terminal is to ease trekking long distances to board another vehicle.\u201d
\n\u200e
\nThe Managing Director, Edo Traffic Management Agency, Mr. Dennis Omoregie, said the creation of temporary Central Park was not to create pains for motorists.\u00a0 \u200e\u201dNo city developed without traffic flow. This is a palliative measures to get passengers close to where they would be taking the next transportation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

[ad_2]
\n
Guardian <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Edo Clean-up Project. PHOTO: getgripng.com Ahead of the completion of the central park to pave way … Edo drives clean-up project with central bus facility<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4639,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[41],"class_list":["post-4638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opportunities-in-new-markets","tag-property"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Edo-Clean-up-Project.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7804,"url":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/edo-gives-ultimatum-to-land-occupiers\/","url_meta":{"origin":4638,"position":0},"title":"Edo gives ultimatum to land occupiers","author":"Amazing Property","date":"January 15, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo StateEdo State government has given illegal occupiers of its land ten days ultimatum to quit or forfeit their property. The Chief of Staff to Governor Godwin Obaseki, Taiwo Akerele who read the riot act stated this at the premises of Benin Technical College, Benin City,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Opportunities In New Markets"","block_context":{"text":"Opportunities In New Markets","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/category\/opportunities-in-new-markets\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"2016 09 30 56454.jpg","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2016_09_30_56454.jpg?fit=1200%2C674&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2016_09_30_56454.jpg?fit=1200%2C674&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2016_09_30_56454.jpg?fit=1200%2C674&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2016_09_30_56454.jpg?fit=1200%2C674&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2016_09_30_56454.jpg?fit=1200%2C674&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8522,"url":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/developers-jostle-for-benin-industrial-park-project\/","url_meta":{"origin":4638,"position":1},"title":"Developers jostle for Benin Industrial Park project","author":"Amazing Property","date":"April 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State PDP accuses Edo govt of annexing FG landAmid bickering between Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State and state government over allegation of annexing farmland belonging to Benin Owena River Basin, Edo government has claimed that three developers have shown interest on the Benin\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Opportunities In New Markets"","block_context":{"text":"Opportunities In New Markets","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/category\/opportunities-in-new-markets\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"2016 09 30 56454.jpg","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2016_09_30_56454.jpg?fit=1200%2C674&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2016_09_30_56454.jpg?fit=1200%2C674&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2016_09_30_56454.jpg?fit=1200%2C674&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2016_09_30_56454.jpg?fit=1200%2C674&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2016_09_30_56454.jpg?fit=1200%2C674&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1872,"url":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/developer-unveils-200-unit-goshen-garden-city-in-edo\/","url_meta":{"origin":4638,"position":2},"title":"Developer unveils 200-unit Goshen Garden City in Edo","author":"Amazing Property","date":"March 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Goshen Garden CityEfforts to propagate the concept of affordable housing could manifest early successes this year, if a new initiative being worked out by a private developer in Benin, Edo State is anything to go by. The new initiative is christened Goshen Garden City, and sits on 32 hectares of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Opportunities In New Markets"","block_context":{"text":"Opportunities In New Markets","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/category\/opportunities-in-new-markets\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Goshen-Garden-City.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Goshen-Garden-City.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Goshen-Garden-City.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8504,"url":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/edo-state-gets-advisory-committee-mulls-states-forestry-commission\/","url_meta":{"origin":4638,"position":3},"title":"Edo State gets advisory committee, mulls state\u2019s forestry commission","author":"Amazing Property","date":"April 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Member, Edo State Advisory Committee on Forestry, Dr. Festus Onogholo (left); Chairman of the committee, Dr. Felix Idumah, Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki; his deputy, Rt. Hon. Philip Shaibu; and Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie, after the Advisory Committee\u2019s inauguration, at the Government House in Benin City.Edo\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Opportunities In New Markets"","block_context":{"text":"Opportunities In New Markets","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/category\/opportunities-in-new-markets\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Edo 09 04 2018.jpg","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Edo-09-04-2018.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Edo-09-04-2018.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Edo-09-04-2018.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Edo-09-04-2018.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Edo-09-04-2018.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6671,"url":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/edo-plans-new-estates-towns-targets-diaspora-community\/","url_meta":{"origin":4638,"position":4},"title":"Edo plans new estates, towns, targets diaspora community","author":"Amazing Property","date":"October 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"As part of reforms in the Edo State housing sector to open up the state to real estate investments, the Edo State Government has rolled out plans to build new towns and estates aimed at decongesting Benin City, with special packages for the diaspora community.Governor Obaseki Executive Chairman of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Opportunities In New Markets"","block_context":{"text":"Opportunities In New Markets","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/category\/opportunities-in-new-markets\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Edo Obaseki.png","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Edo-Obaseki.png?fit=412%2C250&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7585,"url":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/edo-tasks-residents-on-waste-disposal-as-kaduna-begins-collection\/","url_meta":{"origin":4638,"position":5},"title":"Edo tasks residents on waste disposal as Kaduna begins collection","author":"Amazing Property","date":"December 25, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The population estimated at over 170 million producing thousand tons of waste each day, waste disposal\u00a0remains a big issue to deal with, especially when it piles up on the streets and residential areas. The Edo State Waste Management Board has urged residents in the state to imbibe cleanliness and proper\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Opportunities In New Markets"","block_context":{"text":"Opportunities In New Markets","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/category\/opportunities-in-new-markets\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Plastic Pix .jpg","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Plastic-pix-.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Plastic-pix-.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Plastic-pix-.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Plastic-pix-.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Plastic-pix-.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}