I write to implore and draw your attention on the predicament of the good people of Lafiya Loi-loi, Muguram, Jaba and environs in the southern part of Jakusko LGA of Yobe State.
Sir, as at today, I doubt if there is any area in Yobe that has not witnessed the presence of one, two or more projects carried out by your administration. I strongly believe that your government is the closest to people in the history of Yobe State.
Your Excellency Sir, the peace-loving people of these communities need your urgent intervention in road construction just as you did to their counterparts in the state. The so-called Jammel-Dapchi road is the dream many haven’t lived to witness up-to-today despite pledges and electioneering campaign promises since the start of democratic dispensation.
The 82km road links Jammel, Bula-burin, Lafiya Loi-loi, Gamajan, Garin Tsalha, Muguram, Jadam, Garin Gambo, Dagaya, Jaba, Garin Mallam Ya’u, Hambalawa, Bade Gana and Dapchi, the headquarters of Bursari LGA.
If constructed, the road will link the two major roads that connect Yobe East to North and Yobe South to North. Jammel sits at the Potiskum- Gashua road and Dapchi at Damaturu-Gashua/Geidam road via the popular Bayamari cross.
The people of these communities experience the toughest hardship in transporting their farm produce, cattle, fish and other locally produced items to markets in Potiskum, Garin Alkali, Gashu’a, Girgir, Buduwa, Dapchi, Geidam, Babban Gida, Damaturu and many other commercial hubs in the state, including Gamawa of Bauchi State and Maigatari international market in Jigawa State.
The typical Sahelian sand which got vehicles stuck during the dry season and the yearly non-maneuverable rainy season’s pitiful experiences are utterly appalling, disastrous and unbearable for the citizens. The people have been very peaceful if not the most peaceful in the state, despite their tribal differences.
This crucial project was once approved by the federal government during the second tenure of General Olusegun Obasanjo. It was approved in two phases; Phase 1 Jammel-Jaba (40km) and Phase II Jaba-Dapchi (42km). A team of surveyors, engineers and others have already assessed the site and preparation was on track before the regime ended.
When the newly elected government of late President Umaru Musa Yar’adua appointed its’ cabinets, the federal minister revoked some rural development projects in the country and unfortunately Jammel-Dapchi road project was affected.
By intervening on this untold plight of our people who always give their 100 per cent support to your administration, you would revive the hope that is gradually diminishing in our hearts.
You will be remembered forever and ever by our generation and generations to come for constructing such a crucial and long admired infrastructure.
We look forward to your urgent intervention Sir.
Long live Yobe State
Long live Federal Republic of Nigeria
Adamu Musa Bilal, Concerned indigene of Jakusko Local Govt can be reached via ([email protected])
