Community urge Nasarawa Govt to construct Bakyuno/Nassarawa Eggon road
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Nasarawa Eggon (Nasarawa State), Oct. 20, 2016 (NAN) The Bakyuno community in Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Area of Nasarawa State on Thursday appealed to the State Government to construct their 15km road in order to boost food production and socio-economic activities in the area.
Some residents of the community made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during a community self help efforts to rehabilitate the road.
They said that the deplorable nature of the road had not only hindered their economic and social activities but had also affected the lives of the people of their communities negatively.
They also decried the deplorable state of infrastructural facilities in the area and called on the government to give attention to rural development in order to boost food production and to improve on the standard of living of the rural dwellers.
Mr Abubakar Suleiman, a farmer said that the bad condition of the road had affected their agricultural activities and the socio-economic activities of the people of the area negatively, hence the need for the government to alleviate their suffering.
“People that are in this community are predominantly farmers who cultivate crops such as yam, cassava, rice and millet, among others, and the absence of good road have not only affected our agricultural activities but have also affected our health negatively.
“We (the community), both elders and youths, sat down and have taken a decision that due to the bad nature of the road, we need to use our local tools to rehabilitate the road so as to enable us pass and transport our agricultural produce without hitches especially during the rainy season.
“It is in view of this, I want to appeal to the state government to come to the aid of the community through constructing the 15km road to Nasarawa Eggon local government headquarter so as to reduce our hardship and boost our standard of living,
“The construction of the 15km road will not only boost the agricultural production in the area but will also boost the revenue base of the area, fight poverty and improve on the socio-economic activities of the area and the state at large for the overall development of the country,’’ Suleiman said.
He, however, commended Gov.Tanko Al-Makura’s developmental strides and called for its sustenance.
Another resident, Mr Zakari Usman, said that the deplorable state of the road had resulted in forcing farmers in the area to sell their agricultural products at a loss, adding that the presence of infrastructural facilities in a community will bring speedy development.
“Because of the poor road, we usually give our agricultural product in a cheaper price to marketers this is because they also complain of high cost of transportation due to poor roads, as you can see, almost everybody in this community were farmers.’’
On his part, Alhaji Umar Marafa, said that the construction of the road would not only boost agricultural production but would also improve on the health of the people of the area.
“If the road has been well constructed by the government, it will not only boost agricultural production but will also boost our health status as well as fast track development to the area and the local government in general,’’ he said.
NAN also reports that some members of the community who spoke during the self help programme lamented over the dilapidated nature of their primary school and absence of infrastructural facilities such as portable water and electricity, among others. (NAN)
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Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola