Aliyu Charged Contractors To Expedite Work On Wudil - Gaya Road

Minister of State for Works and Housing, Engr Abubakar Aliyu FNSE has told Dantata & Sawoe, the Contractor handling rehabilation work on Kano-Shuwarin section of Kano- Maiduguri Road Project, to speed up work to deliver the job on target.

Aliyu gave the charge over the weekend while on inspection visit of the road to assess the progress of the ongoing work.

"I was here last december to see the level of work and I am back here today in February to see the progress you made" he said.

The minister stated that he was very concerned for the  road to be delivered in time due to the accidents being recorded on the road as a result of the  bad situation between Wudil and Gaya.

Engr Aliyu who showed  disappointment with the level of work by the contractors in two months from his last visit in december, urged the contractor to double up effort to meet the target

Accordingly, he told the contractor to confront the rehabilatation work from both Wudil and Gaya sides in order to finish on time, urging  them to bring more machineries and additional staff on site

Reiterating the committment of President Buhari to deliver good roads infrastructure for Nigerians, Aliyu said "We can not always sit behind in our offices in Abuja, expecting results without us coming out to have first hand information on the situation of the roads, that's why we are always going out for supervision".

Engr.Aliyu also added that, in order to assist Mr President fulfill his promise to deliver  roads, his senior Minister Babatunde Raji Fashola SAN and himself are always running pillar to pole round the clock to ensure achieving good  results.

"Just in recent weeks, my senior colleague Minister Babatunde  Rabi Fashola SAN,was in Edo and Niger states on  roads inspection. I was in Numan, Adamawa state yesterday, and now here in Kano state. We divided ourselves to ensure things are going in order" he said

Honourable Minister of state, was together with zonal controller of works and the representative of the contractor
Dantata & Sawoe.The contractor had promised the Minister that they will mobilise additional machines and staff to the site in the next two weeks as requested.

He further added that they will concentrate on the  dangerous areas of the road in order to reduce the rate of accidents, and later come to complete the work on the bridge

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