(Talingo)
Residents of Jaingo, capital of Taraba state on Saturday, took to the streets of the town calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene to unravel the circumstances leading to the abandoning of Numan Jalingo road project.
Ishaq Alkassim, Convener of the protest, who spoke to newsmen after the protest, called on the president to probe the entire contract award process.
He recalled that the contract, which was awarded on July 24, 2017 to DEUX project Nig. Ltd at the cost of N11 billion to be completed within 20 months, had no performance from the contractor.
He said that the commatoes 104-klm road had created stagnated socio economic growth of the state.
The convener also said that the road’s deplorable condition had turned motorists to soft targets for various armed militia.
Alkassim called on Mr Babatunde Fashola,the Minister of Works, to address the “Sadiq situation” in which people of the area always feel frustrated when traveling on the road.
” Our eminent concern is the way the deplorable nature of Numan Jalingo road has brought frustration to the people of the area.
“Plying Numan Jalingo road has become such a traumatic experience that commuters agitate while their trip lasts.
“We are passionately calling on the President to intervene with the view to identifying where the problem that led to the abandoning of the project lies.
“We equally appeal to the Hon. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola to consider the plight of Nigerians living from this part of the country,” Alkassim said.
Alhaji Nasiru Tafida, Member representing Jalingo 11 in the Taraba Assembly House of Assembly also called on the President and other representatives of the people to come to the aid of the people of the state.
He said the collective intervention was to completion of the road.
Tafida said that lack of access roads into the state had hampered development and economic growth of the state.
He regretted that the people of the state would perpetually be poor due to lack of social amenities that could attract investors to the state.
Duaglobalnews reports that Numan Jalingo road is one of the major roads that link Taraba to Adamawa, Gombe and the entire North-East geo-political region.
