Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has pledged to complete a culvert that claimed three lives along Boh to Lai-lampoon road in Shongom Local Government Area of the state.
Yahaya made the pledge on Monday when he visited the collapsed culvert under construction.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the culvert, which collapsed and was awarded for reconstruction during the previous administration of Ibrahim Dankwambo, is yet to be completed.
The three Persons died when their motorcycle hit the collapsed culvert while taking a patient to Snakebite Hospital, Kaltungo.
Yahaya said he would take the project as a matter of priority which would be completed immediately after the rainy season,to ease movement of people.
He further advised the people in the area to put road signs to avoid such accident.
Earlier in his remarks, Buba Alfayo, District head of Shongom, had appealed for the governor for the completion of the project.
According to him, the project was awarded at the cost of N24.5 million by the previous administration and was yet to be completed.
He said the collapse of the culvert had affected the socio-economic activities in the area as the road linked to Lai-laipido market, one of the major markets in the state.
Alfayo thanked and commended the governor for his visit to see things for himself.
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