Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has described BUA Group’s N350B roads construction in the north-central state as a breakthrough and huge success for Nigeria.
The governor maintained this during an inspection visit to the under-construction 130km Bode Saadu/Kaiama/Kosubosu road, one of the four roads being face-lifted under the Infrastructure Tax Credit Scheme initiated by the federal government of Nigeria.
The three others under the said arrangement are Bacita-Shonga-Lafiagi, Eiyenkorin-Afon-Offa-Odo Ottin, and Okuta-Bukuro Road.
Governor AbdulRazaq who visited the construction site in the company of the Supervisory Commissioner for Works, Hon Abdulquawiy Olododo disclosed, “This is a major breakthrough. It is a huge success for Nigeria. Let me first of all thank the federal government for this. I also thank all the communities concerned for their patience and constructive advocacy.”
Highlighting the economic gains of the infrastructural intervention, Governor AbdulRazaq – according to a communication made available by Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye – further said, “From here, you can be in the Republic of Benin in less than three hours after the road is completed. It is going to open up Nigeria’s economy with the Republic of Benin, to ECOWAS sub-region, especially with the Africa Continental Free Trade Area.”
BUA Group, a Nigerian conglomerate with investment in foods, infrastructure, mining, and manufacturing and widely acknowledged for its huge contribution to the nation’s economy moved to the site immediately after necessary approvals were granted by the federal government.
And the elated Governor said… “We are glad that the federal government is using BUA. BUA is very known to us in Kwara as a serious company. This is a set of companies we want to deal with, and we are happy that the federal government is working with BUA,”
“From the equipment we have seen here, it shows that we are dealing with a very serious and competent company.”
Speaking further on the gains of the N350 billion road project the Kwara State Governor stated…
“It is also going to open up several agrarian communities. Hitherto, we used to access two of our local government areas (Kaiama and Baruten) through Niger and Oyo States. This will no longer be the case. We are going to link the two local government areas directly.
“The work has started. We couldn’t access it before. We are at kilometre nine (9) now; and about 13 kilometres of earthwork are being done already.”
