Fashola, Malami Commission Sokoto-Tambuwal-Jega Road

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fasholaand AttorneyGeneral of the Federation and Minister of  Justice, Abubakar Malami  led the federal government’s delegation to commission the newly-completed 155-kilometre (Phases I and II) of the Sokoto-Tambuwal-Jega-Kontagora-Makera Road.

In his opening remark, Fashola said the Muhammadu Buhari administration had brought good tidings to the people and governments of Sokoto, Kebbi and Niger states, who will be impacted by the Sokoto-Tambuwal-Jega-Kontagora-Makera Road that the president commissioned yesterday.

He said, “My principal message to you all is that this is the first of many more project completion and handovers our country will experience in the next few weeks and months as we enter what I call a season of completion and impact.

“In this phase of completion, Mr President has approved that ministers from the various states where projects have been completed should represent him to perform the handover formalities,” Fashola said.

He said the other handing over formalities that would follow that of yesterday in Kebbi includes the commissioning in Jigawa State of section II covering 142.2 x 2 (dual) kilometers between Shuwarin and Azare, connecting Jigawa and Bauchi states; Bauchi for section III covering 106.3 x 2 kilometers between Azare and Potiskum, connecting Bauchi and Yobe states; Benue for Vandeikya-Obudu Cattle Ranch Road covering 24 Kilometers connecting Benue and Cross River states and Ebonyi for New-Uduma-Uburu Road covering 26.27 kilometers with 14 kilometers spur to Ishiagu connecting Enugu and Ebonyi states.

The minister said the projects represent major investment in road transport infrastructure, which is a commitment of the Buhari administration as a driver for economic growth and prosperity.

According to him, “They are visible and incontrovertible assets in proof of what Nigeria’s resources are invested in, from a combination of our earned resources, and borrowings.