Buhari’s legacy Freeway to Dambatta and Daura, by Salisu Na’inna Dambatta

The ceremonial flag-off of the dualisation of the part of the A2 nationwide trunk freeway from Miltara to undergo Dambatta, Kazaure, Daura and finish at Kwangwalam, has delighted thousands and thousands of Nigerians and mates of the nation who ply that route commonly.

The ceremony was collectively performed in Kazaure by the Minister of Works and Housing, Alhaji Babatunde Raji Fashola for the Federal Authorities, and Alhaji Kabir Isyaku Rabiu, Government Director for the contractors, BUA Group.

Dualising the 132-kilometre street, which matches via my hometown of Dambatta, is a vital legacy of the Muhammadu Buhari presdency. It’ll doubtlessly meet the expectations and aspirations of Nigerians for easy roads. It’ll facilitate accessibility to numerous communities and improve inter-community connectivity.

In a paper titled How Roads Assist Growth, World Financial institution researcher Claudia Berg and two others famous, “Roads are the arteries via which the financial system pulses. By linking producers to markets, staff to jobs, college students to colleges, and the sick to hospitals, roads are important to any growth agenda.”

BUA Group gained the venture for N116 billion. It’s an indigenous conglomerate concerned in cement manufacturing, mining, agriculture and meals processing, transportation, development and vitality. It’s led by Alhaji Abdul Samad Isyaku Rabiu, an astute industrialist and philanthropist.

The venture will likely be soley financed by BUA Group underneath the Presidential Government Order 007 for Street Infrastructure Growth and Refurbishment Funding Tax Credit score Scheme. The Chairman of the Federal Inland Income Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami, described the Scheme as a noble initiative that needs to be applauded by all Nigerians.

In the identical vein, the Minister of Works and Housing stated the Tax Credit score Scheme is a financing mannequin whereby the federal government companions with personal corporations to pay Firm Revenue Tax (CIT) upfront to allow the federal government implement important tasks that might profit the citizenry.

The street is in a plain space with only a few bends, marshy or hilly terrain. It has just one principal bridge alongside its 132-kilometre course that traverses Kano, Jigawa and Katsina states. In the course of the flag-off ceremony, Bababtunde Fashola, the Minister of Works and Housing, urged governors of the three states, conventional rulers and members of communities to offer the contractor entry to related websites for a speedy completion of the venture.

The freeway hyperlinks sources of seemingly inexhaustible livestock and grains to markets within the nation inside and past the three states. It facilitates home commerce nationwide, thus contributing to the nation’s financial growth.

The Kano-Dambatta-Daura-Kwangwalam street is a part of the Nigerian portion of the Trans-African Freeway which on completion will hyperlink the ports in Nigeria’s Atlantic coast and people on the Mediterranean Sea in Algeria. Algeria has reportedly accomplished its portion of the Freeway, whereas Nigeria and the Republic of Niger have made important progress in constructing their parts.

BUA Group stated it has mobilized tools to the positioning. Its Group Government Director, Alhaji Kabiru Rabiu, assured Nigerians that the corporate has the requisite capability and assets to well timed full the venture. He expressed gratitude to the Buhari-led administration for awarding the venture to his organisation.

It’s price noting that a number of different corporations are collaborating within the Street Infrastructure Tax Credit score Scheme (RITCS) in different elements of the nation. The Scheme is a Public-Personal Partnership (PPP) via which the Federal Authorities leverages personal sector financing for the development and refurbishment of roads.

Minister of Works and Housing Babatunde Raji Fashola acknowledged that tasks underneath the RITCS are complementing the federal authorities’s ongoing rail infrastructure tasks.

A query: is Chilly Recycling with foamed bitumen as used within the reconstruction of the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano part of the A2 route going to be utilized by BUA Group within the Miltara-Kwangwalam venture?

This and different particulars on the scope of the work and the anticipated completion date for the venture could also be disclosed to the general public by the consumer and the contractors because the work progresses.

Salisu Na’inna Dambatta is a retired Federal Director of Data