The situation of the 375 kilometers Abuja-Kano road, which passes through Kaduna and Zaria towns, has deteriorated, even as reconstruction of the dual carriage highway is suffering from unnecessary delay.
Diverse explanations have been given as to why the project is slow, including alleged poor funding by the federal government, occasioned by failure of the contractor, Julius Berger Nigeria, to deploy enough equipment and manpower to fast-track the reconstruction of the road.
The House of Representatives Committee on Works, led by Abubakar Kabir Abubakar had debated on the construction giant handling the project, for subjecting Nigerians to hardship while plying the road and threatened to split the contract and bring on board other contractors to hasten its completion.
The Federal Executive Council, FEC, had in December 2017 approved the contract for the reconstruction of the road, but work commenced in July 2018 at the sum of 155 billion naira, with a projected completion period of 36 months.
