Kano State Government in collaboration with the FG have agreed to resume construction of the abandoned Wuju-Wuju road in the state.
The state governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf said the Federal Government agreed to wade into the resumption of the road construction project which was initiated by the former Governor of Kano state, the National leader of the NNPP, Engineer Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.
In a press release issued by Mustapha Muhammad, the Chief Press Secretary to Kano state Governor in Kano, Saturday, the governor noted that the project was abandoned for over 10 years.
Yusuf said the road will cover Jakara river, and adorned with street lights beautifying the areas and reducing the hardships face by the people plying the area.
According to the Governor history repeats itself, “in 2013 during the second tenure of Engineer Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, I was the Commissioner of Works and had worked day and night on the construction of the road, but after the elapse of Kwankwaso’s tenure, the project was stopped’, he stated.
“We now seek the collaboration of the Federal Government and I am glad to inform you that the agreement was made to resume work in the next three days,”the governor said.
Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf added that the work will by the grace of God be completed in shortest possible time, and instructed the contractors to start work immediately.