Motorists decry of roads
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Motorists
By Amen Gajira
Mashegu (Niger), Sept. 28, 2016 (NAN) Residents and motorists in Mashegu Local Government area of Niger have decried the deplorable state of roads in their locality.
They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the situation was affecting their lives negatively, citing roads from Gidan gwari to Tozon dadi, Rifin gora and Makira.
Malam Abubakar Bawa said that the poor state of roads had forced commercial drivers in the area to jack up their fares.
” A journey that is supposed to take a small amount of time, takes several hours owing to the terrible nature of our roads.
“This has caused commercial operators like me to increase our fares because of the stress and all that.” he said
Another commercial driver, Alhaji Musa Saleh, says he repairs his vehicle at least twice in a week because of bad roads.
“The better part of the money one makes is spent on one repair or the other every time because of the potholes on the roads.
“It is a really pathetic situation down here because we are suffering and we don’t know when all this will be over.” he added
Others called on governments at both the state and federal levels to come to their aid by repairing the bad roads.
Also speaking, the chairman of the local government, Alhaji Saidu Kaboji, described himself as a victim of the bad roads.
Kaboji said the situation had brought untold hardship to his people.
He said that he would use his good offices to attract the intervention of the relevant authorities. (NAN)
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