FG Fixes Section of Kano-Maiduguri Road Cut Off by Flood in Bauchi 

Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja

The federal government has constructed the section recently cut off by flood in the Sabon-Gari axis of Section 2 of the Kano-Maiduguri road, Bauchi State, the ministry of works said yesterday.

“Not long ago, the federal ministry of works received an alarming report on the heavy flooding that damaged the Sabon Gari axis of Section 2 Kano-Maiduguri road of Bauchi State.

“The Honourable Minister of Works swung into action to bring relief to the people whose livelihood was adversely affected by the devastating flood,” a statement by Uchenna Orji, the spokesman to the Minister of Works, David Umahi, said.
This flood disaster which it said was occasioned by climate change, it said,  was going to cause monumental hardship to the people of the affected area and indeed all the users of the road.
But Umahi said President Bola Tinubu, brought immediate and prompt intervention and directed him, with the minister visiting the area on  August 15, 2024.
The statement stressed that Umahi initiated emergency response processes and permanent solution measures towards sorting out the critical situation of the road.
“Today, the life-threatening problems faced by the people on account of the destroyed road has been solved as the federal ministry of works has fixed the road.

“It has further opened it for use on emergency basis pending when final and permanent construction work is completely executed. The road was on September 12, 2024 opened for use,” the statement added.