Construction, rehabilitation and expansion of rural roads across Sokoto State will gulp over N1.5 billion.
The Sokoto State Executive Council has approved the amount for the roads, according to Malam Imam Imam, spokesman to Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, who said in a statement that the roads would open up rural areas and ease transportation difficulties faced by commuters, especially farmers when moving farm produce to urban centres.
Imam listed the roads to include the 11-km Gidan Sarki to Dabagi to Ambarura road in Illela LGA at the cost of N200 million; upgrading and tarring of the 18-km Kebbe to Ungushi road at the cost of N409 million and construction of the Gwadabawa-Cimola feeder road at the total cost of N202 million.
He said others included construction of 25-km feeder road to link Kwanar Bawa to Gidan Dadi to Kwannawa to Kwacce Huro to Arabar Birni to Arabar Daji to Gidima and eventually to Kalanjeni at the cost of N242 million.
“Similarly, the council approved the tarring of 7.5 km road from Gusau main road to Rikina, Dogon Runji, Sabaru which bursts out at Sokoto Eastern By-pass at the cost of over N168 million, “ he stated.
He said approval was given for tarring of 4-km Modaci to Gazau road at the cost of N107 naira as well as upgrading and tarring of 2-km Yabo By-pass road to Buware at the cost of N55 million.
‘The government has also given the contract for the construction of 18-km road linking Goronyo, Illela and Gadon Mata in Goronyo LGA at the cost of just over N290 million,” he said
