Tinubu improving infrastructural development in N’West – Yakasai

The Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Community Engagement, (North West), Alhaji Abdullahi Tanko Yakasai has reaffirmed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is committed to ensuring massive infrastructural development in all parts of the country particularly the Northwest.

Yakasai stated this in Gusau on Tuesday when he led the National Media Tour team on an inspection of the Zaria-Gusau-Sokoto dual carriage way project awarded by the federal government.

He lauded the efforts of the president for executing  the project in the Northwest zone, stressing that, “If completed, it will boost commercial activities and enhance security and social development of the region.”

According to him, “the federal government is committed to its timely completion,” stressing that as a result, “durable materials and significant investment aligning with President Tinubu’s ‘Renewed Hope Agenda’ for infrastructure have been deployed for the purpose of the project.”

He commended the contractors handling the projects and urged them to comply with all contractual agreements and ensure a speedy and quality job.

Yakasai insisted that President Bola Tinubu deserved support from the people of North West by executing legacy projects that would last for many years.

Responding, the Controller, Federal Ministry of Works in charge of Zamfara, Engr Kasimu Yusuf, described the visit as a welcome development

Yusuf noted that the contract for the dualisation of a total of 372 kilometres of Zaria-Gusau-Sokoto highway was awarded by the federal government in 2023 with 48-months duration.

He said, “The contract was categorised into four sections –  Section One covers Zaria in Kaduna State to Sheme in Katsina State, while Section Two covers Sheme in Katsina State to Gusau in Zamfara State.

“Section Three covers Gusau to Colony Talata Mafara in Zamfara while Section Four covers Talata Mafara Zamfara to Sokoto.

“The 86.1 kilometres of Section Two segment of the project has achieved 52 per cent completion while the 93.7 kilometres of Section Three achieved 14 per cent of completion,” Yusuf further explained.

According to him, the contractors handling the project were executing a quality job and working in line with the contractual agreement by the federal government.

Culled from punch