These are not the best of times for commuters plying the Kabba-Egbe-Ilorin road as they spend several hours in transit as a result of the deplorable state of the road.[ad] In some cases, kidnappers capitalise on the poor state of the road to abduct travellers, who either pay ransoms to regain their freedom or get killed.
• Seek govt intervention as trucks besiege communities These are not the best of times for commuters plying the Kabba-Egbe-Ilorin road as they spend several hours in transit as a result of the deplorable state of the road. In some cases, kidnappers capitalise on the poor state of the road to abduct travellers, who either pay…These are not the best of times for commuters plying the Kabba-Egbe-Ilorin road as they spend several hours in transit as a result of the deplorable state of the road.
Lamenting the poor state of the road, a resident, identified simply as Mahmoud, called on the government for urgent repairs. “No fewer than 500 trailers ply the road on a daily basis, thereby rendering the road impassable. It has also degraded the environment and caused tension to residents of Yagba communities along that road.”
Meanwhile, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the November 11 governorship election in Kogi State, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, has urged the state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to look beyond the federal government, and ease the sufferings of the road users and residents of the area. According to him, the state need not to wait for the federal government to ease the sufferings of road users in that area, who are mostly Kogi indigenes and bearing the brunt of the sufferings brought by the failed road.The Nigerian Army has urged the Zamfara State government to sponsor its indigenes to study in the two military institutions in the area. According to the Commander, Nigerian Army Education Corps , Major-Gen.
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state, yesterday, praised the Nigerian military for shunning anti-democratic acts, describing democracy as a necessity for all societies. Welcoming the Chief of Army, General Taoheed Lagbaja, to his country home, yesterday, Adeleke condemned democratic setbacks in some parts of Africa and urged the strengthening of democratic correction mechanisms instead of…
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