The Chairman of the Northern States Governors’ Forum and Governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Yahaya has bemoaned the neglect of the 50-year-old Gombe-Bauchi Expressway, wondering why the Federal Government would rather choose to build a railway from Nigeria to Maradi in the Niger Republic instead of fixing deplorable roads in the country.
Yahaya expressed his displeasure during an inspection of a collapsed bridge in Kalanja, Bauchi State, on Sunday.
Noting that the road was important for business in the North-East region, the governor said it should have been prioritised by the Federal Government.
He said, “I have to come because I have no option. This is not Gombe State, this is Bauchi. I’m sure the governor of Bauchi has been here, don’t be surprised if the governor of Adamawa comes here or Borno State because of the importance of this road. It has been a lingering issue for nearly five years but I know in the last three years it used to happen like this either in the other points of Tashan Tulmi and Bara town
