Federal Executive Council (FEC), headed by President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the construction of a 117 kilometre Gombe – Biu road which connects Gombe state with Borno and also leads to Adamawa and Yobe.
Briefing news men today, Wednesday at the end of the FEC meeting which was presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the minister of housing works, transport, Babatunde Raji Fahiola said that the cost of the contract for the project is N27.23 billion.
He said that the road is not part of the nine kilometer road that had been constructed by the Gombe State government.
“The strategic importance of the road is undeniable. It supports agriculture, access to our power plants – Dadin Kowa hydro power plants. It also helps security logistics to move personnel and troops to respond to distress calls. It is also going to be critical in the resettlement of IDPS. It is part of the North East Development plan, so it ticks all the boxes in terms of development and so on and also as far as budget implementation is concerned, this is one further step in that direction.”[myad]
