The Senate has mandated its Committee on Works to interact with the Minister of Works, toward the completion of the Wudil-Gaya-Dutse Dual Carriageway on Kano Maiduguri Expressway.
This followed the adoption of a motion on Urgent Need to Expedite Completion of Wudil-Gaya-Duste Dual Carriageway on Kano Maiduguri Road by Kawu Suleiman at the plenary.
Presenting the motion, Suleiman said the expressway was a critical artery for transporting people and agricultural goods in the northern corridor.
He said contract for the construction of the road was awarded by the Federal Government 17 years ago, by the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
He said that successive administrations had failed to complete the road.
He said as an international route linking Nigeria to Chad, Niger, and Cameroon, the Kano-Maiduguri Road facilitated cross-border trade.
