Yero Denies Claims Of Abandoning Inherited Road Projects

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Governor Mukhtar Yero of Kaduna State has denied abandoning any project that he inherited from his predecessor, the late Patrick Yakowa by some people in the southern part of the state, promising to complete all ongoing projects.

The governor stated that it was a policy of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led administration in the state that no project would ever be abandoned.

He made the clarification while commissioning some completed roads and inspecting ongoing ones in the northern part of the state on Saturday. He explained that some of the road projects awarded by his predecessor across the state have been completed, while some are at various stages of completion, and few others revoked and re-awarded to a new contractor.

Besides, he stated that his administration has also awarded eight additional road projects estimated at the cost of N4.6 billion. He pointed out that the ongoing road projects had been planned to ensure the growth and development of the communities where they are located.

The governor urged residents of the state to exercise patience, saying government would transform the state’s infrastructure, especially roads, so that the residents would reap the benefits of economic growth and poverty eradication.

Residents of this communities, mostly farmers, excitedly trooped out to watch the commissioning of the new roads which will ensure ease in transporting their farm produce to the cities.

The two roads commissioned by the governor include the 6.8 kilometre Likoro – Magada road in Kudan and Soba local government areas awarded in September 2012 at the cost of N317, 174, 637 and the 3.628 kilometre road from Buks Kwaram Ayuba to Angwan Yan Karfe in Sabon Gari local government, awarded  in 2012 at the cost of N458, 381,093.

The road are all located in the northern senatorial district of the state.

Yero also disclosed that the state government has made budgetary provision of N8.2 billion this year to be expended on funding ongoing roads projects in Southern Kaduna Zone.

He went further to say that his administration has successfully completed the Zonkwa-Yarbam road, Tum-Madakiya road and the College of Education Gidan Waya road while several other roads projects in the southern part of the state have reached advance stages of completion.