Thursday , March 28 2024

Pres. Buhari Cautions Road Users Against Misuse Of Newly Inaugurated Road

President Muhammadu Buhari has
advised Nigerian road users against
abusing the newly-completed roads by
his administration.
The president spoke when the
people of Nenwe, Oduma and Uburu
communities in Enugu and Ebonyi
States rolled out drums to celebrate his
Inauguration of the 40.37-kilometre
Nnewe-Oduma Road linking Enugu and
Ebonyi States.

In his remarks before the flag-off
at the Ezinike-Oduma Village, president Buhari, who was represented by the minister of science, technology and innovation, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, said the Nnewe-Oduma
Road and others being inaugurated
represented the manifestation of the
commitment of his administration to
improving road transport infrastructure,
ease of doing business and job creation
as well as prosperity to lift people out of poverty.
In a statement issued on the event, by the media aide to the minister of works andhousing, Mr Hakeem Bello, said Buhari described the roads already commissioned as “a critical component of our national road network.”
He said one element of change in
those roads was “the travel experience
on new and well-built roads” as opposed
to the not-too-distant unpleasant
experiences from the old and previously
bad roads.
Also describing the roads as “part
of our many roads to prosperity”, the
president said reduced journey times as
a result of the improvement in the road
network, meant reduced expense on
travel, pointing out reduction in travel
expense also meant more money in the
pockets of travellers.
He said the situation where the
previously travel time on a road,
which averaged one hour 30 minutes
before construction, was reduced to
30 minutes after the completion of the
road, both money and time had been
saved.
Other elements of change in
the roads being turned out by the
administration, Buhari said, included
the restoration of the road furniture,
such as the lane markings and Route
Assurance signs, which he observed, “had
all but disappeared on our highways”,
adding, “but our commitment to change
has restored them, with the markings
helping drivers to achieve better lane
management and control of their vehicles;
while the route assurance signs provide
information about how much further or
longer, the drivers and commuters have
to travel and the distance to the next
village, town or state”

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