FEDERAL ROAD, REHABILITATION, HAMPER MOVEMENT ON HADEJIA ROAD, KANO STATE

Reported by Joshua Salami Daikwo SMS/10/MAC/00872

Hadejia road is unarguably one of the busiest road in Kano. the reasons are surplus. first, the road lead to the outskirt of Kano city thereby making travelers and motorist to occupy the road every now and then. secondly, due to the fact that Kano is a center of commerce makes Hadejia road vehemently a commercialized area of Kano state with so many industries, banks schools shops, located around it. but despite the importance of the road, motorist now avoid it like a plague. the road is bad with many failed portion and there is construction going on.
Checks revealed that motorist and commuters have been going through hell. the road is dotted with many few bad spot, traffic congestion and portholes staring motorist in the face. Hadejia road bus top is one of the nightmares of the with buses, taxis, and motorist going in and out of the garage which now makes traffic jam a regular feature of the road. despite the use of stones to fill the bad area of the road, movement is still hampered. to make matters worse the road is always flooded during the rainy season. as a result of combination of these, vehicle get stocked up, others fall flat, when they loose balance while wading through the flood and potholes.
when the state government was awarded contract for the rehabilitation of the road, motorist heaved a sigh of relief, however work on the road has added to the night mare. using the road therefore is like the camel passing through the eye of the needle, figuratively, and its worse when the rain falls.
investigation revealed that motorist from Murtala Mohammad area of the metropolis in an attempt to avoid the torture of using the road now go through the street of Bompai, GRA. while some choose to move on untarred road. so many motorist are not happy with the deplorable nature of the road describing them as an eye sore that needs urgent attention. they also appeal to the contractors to fasten the pace of work in order to save motorist from the pain they are going through. the contract which has been on for a year now has made contractors to block the express way allowing motorist to use just one lane of the road thereby causing a heavy hold up on the road at night. especially during the evening time when workers are returning from work.

The state government and contractors are presently appealing to road users to exercise patience as they working hard to complete the project. from all indication, they work twenty four hours to see that the work is completed on time. there has never been a time they close the road totally. so contractors are appealing to motorist and other road users who are victims of traffic jam on the road to bear with the current situation and that the story will soon change for the better.