Niger Gov’t Appeals to FG on Road Infrastructural Dev’t Intervention -Ebbo
From Our Correspondent
Following the stakeholders meeting held in Minna with the minister of works and the delegation to the federal ministry of works led by the Governor, an appealed to the Federal Government to intervene in the deplorable federal roads across the state.
Saying that the situation has become a burden on the Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umar Bago.
Special Adviser to the Governor on Digital Media and Strategy, Abdulbaqy Usman Ebbo made the called in an exclusive interview in Minna, said that Governor Umar Mohammed Bago cannot get all projects done alone coupled with several projects ongoing in the state.
Usman Ebbo cited Federal Government roads within the state like the Suleja-Minna road awarded fourteen years ago, the Kontogora-Rijau road awarded over ten years, Baro road project, among others all yet to be completed despite assurances.
He decried shortage of resources to fix these roads while the state government is struggling to fix health, education and embarking on massive agricultural revolution, he than charged the federal government to prioritize Niger state as a strategic state in the country.
Abdulbaqy Usman Ebbo revealed that the situation is more worrisome as Niger State is the center of Nigeria, pointing out that the economy of the country will collapse if Niger State roads were to be closed, hence the call for more federal presence to ameliorate the plight of the people.
The SA further expressed sadness over enormous opportunities in the state that is not being utilized and urged federal government to bring in resources to support Governor Mohammed Umar Bago even as he is already taking the lead in agriculture in the country.
He called on the state and national assembly members to do more to draw the attention of the federal government and make Niger State a priority, as governor Umar Bago has prepared the ground for the federal government to find ease in operations of its policy and programmes.
