By Usman Ahmed and Kaigama Mustapha
The joint Maiduguri-Bama-Banki stakeholders have expressed dissatisfaction on how Spectrum Engineering Company abandoned the reconstruction work on the area’s major link road in the past seven months.
They therefore appealed for the reactivation of the project as the situation of the highway is worsening on daily basis due to heavy rainfall experienced in recent times.
The road is about one hundred and thirty kilometers, a gate way to the Banki international market in addition to facilitating the reintegration of inhabitants of the Lake Chad region of Chad, Cameroon and even Central African Republic, who are making enormous economic transactions along the route.
The road is one of the major economic routes linking other countries of the Lakechad region – Nigeria to the republic of Cameroon, Chad and Central African Republic and if completed, would enhance the economic potentials of Borno State, Nigeria and that of the other Lake Chad countries.
Among the concerned are residents of Bama Local Government area who urged the federal and Borno governments to complete the reconstruction to ensure hitch-free movement of goods and services that will boost the economy of the state.
Most motorists and road users cried also loud that they are spending huge amount of money on maintenance of their vehicles and other related challenges after plying the road.
The activities of boko haram insurgents however crippled the viability of the road causing huge damage to the once business booming area.
This report is part of CMEDIA, under the Collaborative Media Engagement for Development Inclusivity and Accountability Project.
Source: Stallion Times
