The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) has been blamed for allegedly endangering road users on Kano-Katsina-Jibia international route linking Maradi in Niger Republic.

The agency responsible for the maintenance of the trunk ‘A’ road has been engaged in digging deep holes with the intention of repairs along the route, but has abandoned them.

Several motorists plying the road have been involved in fatal accidents which have caused death and injury to many road users due to negligence on the part of the agency.

Innocent motorists, especially at night, fall victim to the death traps created by the agency as there are no signposts indicating that these potholes exist.

An official of the National Union of Road Transport Workers NURTW, who spoke to newsmen on the condition of anonymity said several complaints lodged to the agency by the union on the condition of the roads have fallen on deaf ears of the authority concerned.

According to the official, the union had advised the agency against digging deep holes for several kilometres without embarking on the necessary repairs to avert this unnecessary loss of lives on the road.

The official lamented that the abandoning of the deep holes on the major highway has caused huge losses to their members whose vehicles fall into the potholes left behind by the agency.

Efforts to speak with the officials of the agency on the allegation of negligence proofed abortive.