HomeLocal NewsKaduna-Abuja road now free of gridlock - Govt

Kaduna-Abuja road now free of gridlock – Govt

Date:

Related stories

I’ll never leave my wife, even if she cheats – Peter Obi

Peter Obi, the Labour Party's presidential candidate in Nigeria's...

Gov. Yusuf avoids direct contact with Kwankwaso

Tensions are mounting in Kano's political sphere as Governor...

NASU, SSANU suspend strike following FG’s commitment to pay

The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Non-Academic Staff...

Kano begins registration of foreign residents

The Kano State Government has launched a comprehensive verification...

Decomposed body retrieved from well in Kano

The Kano State Fire Service has retrieved the lifeless...
spot_img

The Kaduna State Government on Saturday said the Kaduna-Abuja road is already freed for motorists and road users as various forms of gridlock which have bedeviled the road for the past few days have been cleared.

There has been gridlock on the Kaduna-Abuja road for the past few days, leading to some vehicular movement spending hours and days before reaching their destinations.

However, Samuel Aruwan Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, in a statement on Saturday, expressed satisfaction that there is now, free flow of traffic at Kilometer 75 of the highway, which was the epicenter of the gridlock, after a heavy duty vehicle broke down at the location, causing a blockage.

He said after days of painstaking work between the Kaduna State Government, Julius Berger Nigeria PLC, the military and other relevant agencies, the gridlock at the Kateri axis of the Kaduna-Abuja Road has been resolved.

He expressed the state government regrets for the protracted situation, which placed citizens in an undesirable state of severe hardship for many days.

According to him, the government is deeply grateful to security agencies that worked round the clock to ensure continuous security and safety of stranded citizens.

(Daily Post)

Subscribe

Latest stories

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here