Ganduje Flags Off Over N2.5bn Link Roads In Garo

Kano Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has inaugurated a road network in Garo town and neighboring communities in the state’s Kabo local government area.

At the ground breaking ceremony on Saturday, Murtala Sule Garo, the governor’s Commissioner for Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs, who was joined by  assured that the Ganduje administration would work round the clock to improve rural infrastructural development.

According to a statement issued by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Abba Anwar, the projects flagged off include an 18-kilometer road from Kanye to Kabo-Dugabau, which crosses eight of Kabo’s ten Wards and was started in 2018 but abandoned halfway.

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The contract was revoked after 9 kilometers were completed and re-awarded for the remaining 9 kilometers at a cost of N1.6 billion.

Another road was built within Kabo town, with a total length of 3.9 kilometers and a cost of over N800 million.

“Experts believe that, once completed, the project will greatly assist movement of farm produce among communities, as well as easing individual movement without any hitches,” the statement continued.

“This project, like similar projects in many rural communities across the state, refutes unsubstantiated claims by some that rural communities are being neglected in this administration’s infrastructure development.” Similar projects have been seen elsewhere.”