Excitement As Engineer Sule Commissions 3.6bn 15km Garaku-Gurku-Dari Road

….to award kwandare-arusu,dari-angoro-amba,ashige,gidan buba-azara-Ampana, other roads soon

Rabiu Omaku

Nasarawa State Governor ,Abdullahi Sule has described road as an essential artery for the development of every society.

The Governor stated this during the official commissioning of the newly completed 15km Garaku-Gurku-Dari road awarded to Tongye Construction Company in November 2022.

Abdullahi Sule maintained that the road project was awarded to Tongyi construction firm in Kokona Local Government Area to the tune of N3,670, 311, 759. 22.

He said the award of the 15km road was part of the commitment of his administration to provide road infrastructure in the State, in line with the policy of opening opportunities for improved economic activities as well as the well-being of the populace.

According to him, “It is for this reason that the Government continues to construct rural roads to create interconnectivity amongst our communities with proven potential for economic development,” said Engineer Sule.

Pointing out that his administration acknowledged the significance of transporting agricultural produce and other economic commodities from remote markets to urban areas, which is normally hampered due to poor road network and connectivity.

“This is why our administration over the last five years has taken far-reaching measures to address this situation.  Adding that part of our commitment is the construction of this road project, which is considered critical in the development of this endeavor.

“It is for this reason that the Government awarded the construction of this 15km road to the Tongy Group at a total cost of N3, 670, 311, 759. 22 in November 2022 under the supervision of the Nasarawa State Bureau for Rural Development.  We are therefore gathered here today to commission this project, having been completed according to laid down specifications,”

Governor Sule expressed satisfaction that with the commissioning of the Garaku-Gurku-Dari Road, commuters traversing the road would find ease in the movement and transportation of both goods and services.

He however reiterated the determination of his administration to deliver more rural roads because of the need for such infrastructure across the state.

“It is gratifying to state that as part of our resolve to continue to open vistas of economic activities as well as infrastructural development of the State, we have discovered that more is needed to be done in this critical area of human endeavor. 

“This is why the Government is considering the construction of additional rural roads amongst  Angoro-Arusu-Amba-Bassa Road, Ashige-Gidan Buba-Ugah-Fadaman Bauna. Jangwa-Ribi-Agwatashi, Azara-Ampana-Awe and several others.

Governor Sule assured that these projects would soon be flagged off,He used the opportunity of the event to appeal to the people of the area for peace as according to him,

In a goodwill message by the  National Legal Adviser of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Professor Abdulkareem Abubakar Kana, expressed gratitude to the Governor on behalf of the people of the benefiting communities.

“I don’t know how to express our gratitude to you. You have wiped our tears. You have made us proud. You have made it that we of the APC from Kokona and Nasarawa State will work with our shoulders high. That we have a Governor who is a product of our party who is performing beyond all expectations”.

The State Commissioner for Education,Dr. John Mamman, traced the history of the road being commissioned to the colonial era, recounting all the various efforts to construct the road by subsequent administrations but botched.

“The road that we are commissioning today was a footpath linking the native authority road in Dari. Several attempts were made by subsequent Governments beginning from Keffi Native Authority and Keffi Local Government too in 1972, they wanted to construct this bridge through community development effort but the effort did not see the light of the day,” said John Mamman.

The member representing Kokona East Constituency at the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Hon. Ogah Ogazi, who stood in for the Speaker of the Assembly, Rt. Hon.  Danladi Jatau, equally expressed appreciation to Governor Sule for wiping the tears of the people of the area.

“I want to sincerely thank you. And I am saying thank you from the depth of my heart. Because we knew what we were going through to have this road like this. We knew what our people have gone through in the years. This time around, years back, no one dared to cross to the otherside even with motorcycles,” he said.

The Abaga Toni, Mr Lawrence Sylvester Ayih, also showed appreciation to Governor Sule on behalf of the people of his domain, stressing that with the construction of the Garaku-Gurku-Dari road, the longstanding challenge of transportation in the area has been addressed.