N50bn required to fix federal roads in Niger, says gov

About N50 billion is required to make federal roads across Niger State motorable and accident-free, Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has observed. Speaking during the 3rd-leg  of his mid-term assessment tour of the 25 local government areas of the state over the weekend in Lapai, Bello, who described the deplorable state of federal roads in the […]

About N50 billion is required to make federal roads across Niger State motorable and accident-free, Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has observed.

Speaking during the 3rd-leg  of his mid-term assessment tour of the 25 local government areas of the state over the weekend in Lapai, Bello, who described the deplorable state of federal roads in the state as worrisome, said the state would collaborate with the Federal Government to fix them.

He said four out of such roads in the state were critical and required urgent attention.

“We need a little over N50 billion to fix four major critical roads in the state. These four trunk A roads which include Lapai/Gulu/Evuti/Muye road, Kompani Bobi/Bangi road, Luma/Agwara road and Pandogari/Allawa/Erena roads are very important as I believe they will add value in terms of economy and these are agricultural potential areas,” he noted.

The governor allayed speculations that the assessment was a political campaign, saying the effort was premised on the need to meet the people directly and ascertain their expectations and to work toward meeting same.