Borno National Assembly Members Meet Fashola Over Poor Infrastructure - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 1, 2019
Senators and House ofRepresentatives members from the various constituencies in Borno State onTuesday met with the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, tocomplain about the huge infrastructure deficit in the state.
The National Assembly members notedwith concern that the long period of the insurgency had prevented governmentfrom working on the various dilapidated infrastructure across the state.
The Senator representing BornoSouth, Ali Ndume, who addressed journalists on behalf of his colleagues afterthe meeting, called on the Federal Government to urgently intervene in therehabilitation of major roads in the state.
Ndume said the call became necessaryfollowing the harrowing experience that residents and commuters now face on thedilapidated roads.
He lamented that work had yet tostart on some of the roads like Biu-Gombe, Biu-Maiduguri, Biu-Damaturu,Biu-Gombi, Bama-Gwoza-Mubi and Gwoza-Damboa-Buni Yadi, which were captured inprevious budgets and consequently awarded.