From Femi Mustapha and Edirin Robinson in Kaduna
The residents of Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State have expressed happiness and joy that the accessible road network and other infrastructure put in place by the State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, is helping to curb the current security challenges and improve agricultural productivity in the area.
They said this during a facts- findings visit by the All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders and the media to some of the roads and infrastructure today, Thursday.
Speaking to the media, a resident Daniel Yakubu Sisinkobo, said aside from checking the security challenges that have bedeviled the area for some time, the road network will not only make responses to any security threats easy but will encourage residents to go back to their homes and farms.
According to him, the 12.5 KM Road from Kasuwan Magani to Wusar will benefit farmers because now selling their farm’s produce has been a problem because of no accessible Road.
He, however, stressed that the road which is 80% completed, has enabled farmers to move their farm’s produce to the market without hassles.
Similarly, the Village Head of U/Aku, John Makadashi, said the 13 KM road from Fadama Kororo to Kutura has made Communities in the axis that hitherto prey to Bandits and other criminal elements safe.
He expressed gratitude to the Governor for remembering the people of Kajuru LGA in his giant stride to end insecurity bedeviling the area via road construction.
Corroborating this, the Executive Chairman of Kajuru Local Government Area, Hon. Dauda Madaki, disclosed that before the ongoing Road construction from Fadama Kororo to Kutura, it usually took security operatives two hours to respond to distress calls and that made the book more bandits den.
He, however, said that is now a thing of the past as it only takes security operatives thirty minutes to get to Kutura, and that has scared away the bandits, making the area safe.
He added that before the road construction, most of the community residents had vacated their houses to safer zones, saying the story is gradually turning around as they are now returning home thanks to the accessible road networks embarked upon by Governor Uba Sani.
“During attacks, it used to take the military about two hours to get here but now it takes them less than thirty minutes.
“This road is about 13km, and the grading remains about 1.2km, and it covers about four communities —Banono, Angwan Ako, Kutaura, Kororo, and Bagaja.
“This is an agricultural road, and by the time it is opened, farm inputs will be brought, and the farm produce will serve not only Kajuru but the State and beyond.
“This is the first time since inception that we are having this kind of road in Kajuru.
We don’t know how to thank His Excellency, but we know that, come the 2027 elections, there will be no vacancy in Sir Kashim Ibrahim House.
“I know more roads are coming, and when that happens, we know Kajuru is for APC because we are assuring the Governor of our support when the time comes,” He added.
