President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Photo: State House
President Bola Tinubu on Saturday flagged off N137bn road rehabilitation projects in Borno State, saying the roads will boost trade, agricultural activities and security operations when completed.
The projects are the rehabilitation of the Bama–Banki Road and the Dikwa–Gamboru–Ngala Road.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the project area is located in the North-East and borders the Republic of Cameroon. The existing Bama–Banki Road is a two-lane single carriageway measuring 49.15 kilometres and runs from Bama town to the Cameroon border.
Represented by Vice-President Kashim Shettima at the flag-off ceremony, Tinubu said the two roads were critical to restoring trans-Saharan trade between Nigeria and neighbouring Chad and Cameroon, which had been disrupted by insurgency.
