Gov Sani’s Road Projects Will Reopen Businesses – Official

Managing director of Kaduna State Roads Agency (KADRA), Dr Abdullahi Baba Ahmed, has stated that the ongoing road rehabilitation and new projects in the state will revive industries, reopen closed businesses and ease transportation.

Speaking with journalists during the inspection of road projects in Kakuri Industrial Layout, Barnawa, Pan Drive-Television Road and the Raba–Rigasa train station dual carriageway, Ahmed said most of the projects were inherited from the previous administrations but were stalled due to outstanding certificates, unpaid compensations and relocation of water and electricity lines.

He added that Governor Uba Sani revived the projects and cleared huge financial liabilities to ensure work continues.

“We inherited this Kakuri–Nasarawa–Flour Mills road at 25 percent. Only drainage was partly done — no stone base, no binder, no asphalt. Today, we are at 65 percent and binder course has been laid. This road passes through industrial layout where businesses had shut down. With work now progressing, industries are returning to life,” he said.

He noted that the governor had released almost a billion naira in compensations covering about 120 affected households in Raba- Rigasa road.

The KADRA boss described the Raba–Rigasa train station road as one of the most critical projects under construction, linking Arewa House through Mahuta to the train station.

He said the project was inherited at 30 percent completion but has now advanced after major drainage and binder layers were executed.

On the Kabala–Aliyu Makama–Barnawa dual carriageway, Ahmed said asphalt has been laid and bridge components have commenced.

Project manager of CCECC Kaduna office, Henry Zhang, said while over 30 per cent of the Raba road has been completed the construction company has made a lot of progress in other ongoing works.