By CHARLES IWUOHA

The Federal Government has announced the termination of Section 1 of the Kano – Maiduguri road contract.

Minister of Works, Engr David Umahi, stated this through a statement issued on Saturday by his Special Adviser on Media, Uchenna Orji, and made available to News Express.

Umahi assured the Bauchi State Government of immediate intervention on the flood damaged section of the federal road within Bauchi State that was cut off by flood after a heavy downpour recently

The minister said as part of immediate measures, he has directed a technical team from the Ministry to move to the spot to evaluate the damage done and report back for the Ministry to procure an emergency solution to the problem to alleviate the attendant inconveniences faced by the road users, especially the people of Malori-Guskuri community in Katagun Local Government Area of Bauchi State.

During the flood, livelihood was severely affected by the destruction occasioned by the flood.

“I’m directing the Director of Highway Rehabilitation to liaise with the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Works to immediately deploy some technical people to go and evaluate what we can do over there and it’s very unfortunate that when a job is completed by contractors, we don’t even enjoy the road for five years, and we are back to square one.

“That’s why I’ve been saying that this issue of a one-year liability period is not desirable because every badly executed job can last for one year, but it cannot last for five years.

“So we are still going to request the contractor that did the job, Mothercart Ltd, to join that team and find out why the road had to cut into two as reported to us today, and that is section three of Kano-Maiduguri road,” Umahi said.