Federal government has commissioned a road it constructed in the Federal College of Education Technical (FCET) Gombe.
At the handover of the project to the school, the minister of works and housing, Babatunde Fashola said 64 federal tertiary institutions had so far benefitted from similar road projects initiated by the ministry.
Fashola, who was represented by the state controller, Federal Ministry of Works, Engr Salihu Jibril, said the intervention work was to improve the quality of education offered by the school, adding that the road constructed in the college is 1.175 kilometers long.
“The gap in our infrastructure needs is steadily being bridged by a gradual process of repairs, renewal and construction on major highways and it has reached the schools”, the minister said.
In his response, the provost of the college, Dr Ali Adamu Boderi, said the internal roads intervention by the federal ministry has improved the roads network and proper channeling of drainage systems in the college.
He said the project has also checked the impact of seasonal flooding within and around the college environment. He also commended the federal government for selecting the school to be among the beneficiaries of the projects.