The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Mr Babangida Hussaini, has appealed to the public to desist from destroying public utilities.
Babangida implored the public to help the government in its effort to preserve the utilities for the good of the nation.
The call was made in a statement by Mrs Boade Akinola, the Director, Press and Public Relations on Tuesday in Abuja.
Hussaini was speaking during a routine inspection of the ongoing Abuja-Kano road project.
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He said this became imperative because during the inspection, he coincidentally saw some women burning tyres under the bridge of a railway crossing along Zaria-Kano section of the expressway.
He cautioned the women that their action was capable of putting others citizens’ lives in danger and amounted to a waste of resources of the government.
He said such action was thereby drawing back the efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari at providing quality road infrastructure for the good of Nigerians.
Hussaini also warned them to desist from such activities henceforth and implored them to see government’s property as their personal property, urging them to protect and preserve them jealously.
In their reactions, one of the women caught in the act said that they saw some other people burning tyres under the bridge, adding that they only joined without knowing the implication.
The woman, who did not want her name mentioned, expressed regret over their actions, telling the perm sec and his entourage that “we have to obey our leaders”.