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FG Moves To End Gridlock On Nyanya-Mararaba Axis

BY CHIKA OKEKE, Abuja
Permanent Secretary of Ecological Project Office (EPO) Mallam Shehu Ibrahim, accompanied by staff and journalists during the inspection of ongoing projects executed by the office on Wednesday in Abuja


The Federal Government has mapped out plans to end the daunting gridlock experienced by commuters and motorists on Nyanya-Mararaba axis. 

To this end, the Ecological Project Office (EPO) has commenced the construction of 10.8 kilometre access road from Wasa-Gude communities in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). 

When completed, the project which kicked off in March 17,  2022, is expected to open up more access route from Karshi to Kuje, as well as boost food security in the nation’s capital by fourth quarter 2023. 

Permanent Secretary of EPO, Mallam Shehu Ibrahim, disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday when he led over 40-man team comprising staff and journalists to inspect some of the projects executed by the office. 

“There are many villages around Wasa-Gude that are into agricultural production, but lack of access roads to convey their produce to major towns had contributed to post-harvest losses,” he added. 

Aside the Wase÷Gude access road, other projects inspected were Erosion-control and gully mitigation in Kuchigoro/Karonmajiji communities along the Airport road. 

Others were construction of bridge, culverts and road improvement works at Lugbe 1, Cadastral Zone 7, off the Airport road, and Gully erosion and flood-control works at Tafawa-Balewa Way, Area 3. Garki, Abuja. 

While sympathising with the residents on the difficulties caused by constant traffic gridlock on the Mararaba-Nyanya route, he noted that the project would restore man-hour lost in the gridlock. 

At the erosion-control and gully mitigation project in Kuchingoro/Karonmajiji communities, Ibrahim frowned at the poor maintenance of the project by benefiting communities. 

 "I have already informed them that if Federal Government will spend enormous resources to undertake projects, and the benefitting communities will not be able to maintain them, it means that they are not encouraging them to come back to the same community,"  he said. 

A representative of the communities, Prince Gbaiza Gimba praised the Federal Government for heeding to their request on the need for erosion- control project in the communities. 
Gimba, who is also the President-General of Greater Gbagy Initiative, was optimistic that the project would checkmate the annual flooding, just as he pleaded for the award of contract for the Phase II. 
“At the moment, we now have a link between two communities, we do not have to travel for two to four kilometers before coming back to our houses," he added.

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