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Secondus, Tambuwal flag off construction of N13.6bn roads in Bauchi

The National chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Prince Uche Secondus, Sokoto State Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal have flagged up N13.6bn road construction projects awarded by Bauchi State government.

The four road projects, measuring about 26 kilometres, were awarded under Bauchi State urban renewal development project.

The roads are the dualization of the 17.7km Giwo Academy to Abubakar Tafawa Balewa International Airport along Kano Road; Awala Hotel roundabout to Bauchi State University campus which is about 7km all Federal Roads; Mobil roundabout to Fire Service junction and Dogon Yaro roundabout to Zaranda Hotels.

Flagging off the project, the National Chairman PDP Prince Secondus commended Governor Bala Mohammed for impacting positively on the lives of the citizens of Bauchi State since 2019.

Secondus said he was not surprised with the good things the governor is doing in Bauchi State considering his past track record when he served as the Minister of the FCT, expressing optimism that he will replicate same in Bauchi State.

Chairman asked rhetorically, “What is the secret of the cordial relationship between the executive and the legislative arms in spite of the political differences? If you don’t have the answer, I do, it simply means that for democracy to thrive, we don’t need to fight, development does not know politics, development is all-encompassing. I salute the Speaker for the cordiality.”

He said, at completion, the road network will boost economic activities, particularly in the tourism sector as the famous Yankari Resort and Safari will be opened up and further endear the state to the outside world.

Secondus said that by the time the roads were completed, the status of the international airport will improve while personnel of the Nigerian Airforce will have easy access to the town and their base just as the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University community will also benefit from the road project.

“We in the PDP are development-oriented people, our focus is developing the infrastructure and the people. Bala Mohammed and others are doing that; we hope that others in other political parties will take a cue.”

Om his part, Governor Tambuwal described the roads to be constructed as life-saving considering their strategic locations within Bauchi metropolis, adding that it will also boost the economic growth of the state as more people will come in for businesses.

Tambuwal, who is the Chairman of PDP Governors, also observed that good roads networks are very essential in the development of a people because according to him without good roads, communication will be difficult and ineffective to an extent.

He urged government at all levels to as a matter of necessity, embark on massive construction and reconstruction of roads across the country because the major problem facing the country is dilapidation of almost all the roads.

Speaking, Governor Bala Mohammed lamented that Bauchi, as a state capital, is lagging far behind in terms of infrastructure development compared with its contemporaries created in 1976.

The governor added that even states that were created many years after 1976 including Gombe that was carved out of the state have all gone far ahead of Bauchi.

He said this necessitated the massive urban development in order to turn around the fortune of Bauchi, adding that the administration is not performing any magic to get funding for all the capital projects.

“All we are doing is being prudent in our expenditures, we avoid frivolous and extravagant spending as well as try to jerk up our IGR,” the governor said.

“The projects are to cost over N12 billion and will be completed within the next 24 dry months.”

The Speaker of Bauchi State House of Assembly, Abubakar Y Suleiman said, in spite of the political party differences among members who are APC majority and the governor who is of PDP, the legislative arm is always in support of the developmental aspiration of the Governor.

He said “we have 21 APC members, 9 PDP members and 1 NNPP member all working together to support the PDP-led administration because our focus is the state, not an individual or political party.”

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