Projects: No Community Is Left Behind In Kaduna—Uba Sani

Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has said his administration is constructing 140 roads in all 23 local governments totaling 1,335 kilometres across all three senatorial districts.

He said the roads were conceived and initiated by his government, promising that his administration would also complete road projects inherited from previous governments.

The governor who spoke yesterday during the commissioning of the asphalt road linking Durum to Kuruntumawa towns in Makarfi local government area assured that all the road projects were of standard quality.

He recalled that he was at Kuruntumawa last September when he performed the ground breaking ceremony for the project which he commissioned yesterday.

‘’For many years, this community endured the consequences of poor road infrastructure. The hardship was visible and persistent. Farmers struggled to move their produce to market, traders faced rising costs, students navigated unsafe journeys to schools, families encountered delays in accessing healthcare.

‘’These were not distant statistics, they were personal stories I heard directly from you—at townhall meetings, during consultations and in quiet moments of honest conversations, like the one I had with the Secretary to Kaduna State Government,’’ he said.

According to him, the Kuruntumawa-Durum road is more than just concrete and tar but a lifeline, a channel where the labour of farmers will reach markets more efficiently.

“It is the path that will carry our children safely to school and enable patients to access medical care without unnecessary delay,’’ he said.

He added that he was fulfilling his campaign promise on rural transformation and inclusive governance where both rural and urban areas would have their fair share of projects.

The governor said Makarfi local government is among the 12 local governments that had not benefited from even a single kilometre of road project in the past 12 years.

He added that the Makarfi General Hospital which was abandoned had been re-modelled and fitted with modern equipment, promising that in the next few weeks it would be commissioned.

Secretary to the State Government Dr AbdulKadir Mu’azu Meyere recalled that the people of Kuruntumawa had requested for the construction of the road during the 2023 election campaigns.

According to Dr Meyere, he promised them that Senator Uba Sani would construct it if voted into office, adding that the governor had fulfilled his pledge with the commissioning of the project.

The SSG said previous administrations in the past 30 years had been promising to construct the road but failed.

He said this singular act had shown that the governor is a man of his words, a compassionate leader and someone who has the welfare of rural dwellers at heart.

In his welcome address, the chairman of Makarfi local government area, Hon. Garba Muhammad Sabon Gari, said the people of Makarfi council would never forget Governor Uba Sani’s administration because of development projects executed in the area.

He said restoring electricity to the local government was the first project the governor executed, adding that the award of the Kuruntuwa to Durum road and the commissioning were done within three months.