Why neglect Gombe-Biu-Mubi road? (I)

The whole of the part of the road in Southern Borno has been neglected totally as well as the section between Mubi Town and Hong Town in Adamawa State.What is amazing about the whole issue is that virtually every week, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approves contract for the award of construction, rehabilitation, dualisation and […]

The whole of the part of the road in Southern Borno has been neglected totally as well as the section between Mubi Town and Hong Town in Adamawa State.
What is amazing about the whole issue is that virtually every week, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approves contract for the award of construction, rehabilitation, dualisation and re-surfacing of other roads nationwide but no mention has ever been made of the Gombe-Biu-Mubi road!
Gombe to Biu is approximately 129 Kilometers, which should ordinarily take a motorist driving at 100Km/h about one and half hours. But due to potholes on the road, the journey lasts about four to five hours. In fact some of the sections of the road have been washed away. Biu to Gombi is approximately 76 kilometers. This should take an average motorist just one hour at 100Km/h. But because of the bad nature of the road, it takes a motorist about three hours to ply it.
The Gombe-Biu-Mubi road is approximately 200Km. At the World Bank standard of about six million naira for a standard road construction, all that is needed to rehabilitate the Gombe-Biu-Mubi road is just 1.2 billion naira.
Considering the fact that Mubi is the commercial nerve centre of Adamawa State while Biu is the largest town in Southern Borno, expending 1.2 billion naira on the Gombe-Biu-Mubi road is justifiable.
I also believe that by rehabilitating the Gombe-Biu-Mubi road it will be a source of employment for many youths in that region who may be tempted to join the Boko Haram insurgence.
Secondly the Gombe-Biu-Mubi road is the only road servicing 14 local governments in Northern Adamawa and Southern Borno States.
The local governments being serviced by the Gombe-Biu-Mubi road are; Bayo, Kwaya Kusar, Biu, Hawul, Askira/Uba, Chibok and Gombi. Others are Song, Mubi North, Mubi South, Maiha, Madagali and Michika.
The members representing the above local governments in the National Assembly should appeal to the President to consider the road for rehabilitation during the next FEC meeting.
This region is the food basket of the North East as people from all over the nation come to Michika for grains. Mubi is well known for its cattle market in the West and Central Africa sub-region in addition to being home to the Adamawa State University and a Federal Polytechnic.
Dear Mr. President, please come to our aid and rehabilitate the Gombe-Biu-Mubi road. Posterity will have it that this road, which has been neglected since it was constructed in 1962, was rehabilitated for the first time in over 50 years during your presidency.
After all we are stakeholders in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. And when this road is rehabilitated, the politicians will find it handy and useful for their campaign in 2015.
Iliya Yame Kwache, Dan Lawan Michika, Hospital Road, Michika, Adamawa State.