Communities along the corridors of ongoing road projects in the North East zone of the country have urged the Federal Government to sustain funding of projects for quality job delivery.
Some indigenes of the communities in Bauchi and Gombe states made the call on Friday, when Mohammed Rufai, zonal Director, Ministry of Works, led journalists on a media tour of ongoing Federal Government road projects in the North East.
The indigenes, who commended the Federal Government for its release of funds to ensure quick completion of the project, however, advised government’s supervisory ministry for effective supervision to ensure quality job delivery.
Adamu Ahmad, who hails from Digare community in Bauchi state, commended the Federal Government for releasing the funds that had prompted the return to site of the contractor handling Yalo-Dengi road project.
Ahmad said members of the communities insisted that the contractors returned to site along the corridors of the project.
He said when completed, the project would improve the social economic lives of the people in the communities.
He said the predominately agrarian Digare Communities had over the years been denied social amenities because of lack of access road.
He said: “The completion of the project will ease the evacuation of our farm produce, reduce transport cost and even give room for buyers to come directly to us.’’
Ibrahim Yusuf, an indigene of Billiri town along the corridor of Gombe-Kaltungo road project in Gombe state, said the fast pace of work of the project was an indication of the Federal Government’s commitment to complete it on time.
He said the completion of the inter-state project with heavy duty trucks usually plying the road would ease the perennial traffic jam caused by the deplorable state of the road.
Yusuf urged the Federal Government to sustain the funding of the projects and monitor the contractor to ensure quality and speedy completion of the project.
Musa Kabir, an indigene of Durr Community along the corridor of Tudun Wuss-Kwanar in Bauchi state, said the project in 2017 suffered some delay but expressed satisfaction over the current pace of work.
He said the projects had created job opportunity for some of the youths in the communities engaged by the contractor in the execution of the project.
Wuss-Kwanar said: “We are predominantly famers and we find it difficult to carry our produce to the market because of lack of access road.
“With the completion of road now, it will be easier for us to evacuate our produce at very low transportation cost.
“We are happy with the Federal Government and are ready to support the project till the end.”
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