The Nasarawa state governor, Umary Al-Makura has appealed to
the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari to expand the Abuja to
Keffi highway to ease traffic congestion on the road. Al-Makura made the appeal
on Sunday while inspecting facilities along the road.
He said the hardship faced by commuters from that axis to
and from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), was becoming too unbearable,
adding that the dual carriage road, which was about 30 meters wide, could be
expanded to five lanes and walkways.
He said that Nasarawa State government would open discussion
with the Federal Government with a view to fast-tracking the expansion of the
road as soon as possible. He said that the expansion would ease out the
gridlock usually experienced on the road, thereby saving commuters daily loss
of man hour as a result of the congestion.
Al-Makura said that the state government had set up a task
force, positioned every 100 meters along the road, to check indiscriminate
dumping of refuse by residents. He said the task force had been mandated to
prosecute anyone found dumping refuse on the highway, to serve as deterrent to
other residents.
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