Residents agog as work resumes on abandoned roads in Kaduna LGAs

From:Femi Oyelola in Kaduna

Residents of Zaria and Sabon Gari Local Government Area in Kaduna State have expressed delight as contractors resumed work on roads abandoned in the zone by previous administrations.
A resident of U/Hauwa in Sabon Gari LGA, Mallam Danjuma Isa, expressed joy over the state government’s approval to resume construction work in the community’s link roads.
According to him, the construction will alleviate the daily hardship they experience plying the road, especially during the rainy season.
The residents spoke to the media when political appointees from the Zone were led on an inspection visit to the sites by the Managing Director of Kaduna State Roads Agency (KADRA), Dr. Abdullahi Baba Ahmed, who expressed their optimism that the road if constructed, would also foster economic development in the area.
A motorist who identified himself simply as Abubakar Mansur appreciated the state Governor, Senator Uba Sani for approving the road construction.
He urged the government not to delay the construction as such had been the usual rhetoric concerning the road by the previous administrations.
“This is a dream come true for us. The road has been in such a bad state for years. We are grateful for the government’s commitment to improving our lives. We hope that the construction will not linger too long to alleviate us of the daily hardship encountered on this road.”
Speaking to the media, the Managing Director of Kaduna State Roads Agency (KADRA), Dr Abdullahi Baba Ahmed, said there are two projects inherited from the private administration in Sabon Gari and Zaria LGAs.