Bello orders suspension of work on Minna-Suleja road project

 Niger State governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has directed suspension of work on the Minna-Suleja road project, in order to prevent overloaded heavy trucks from plying the road, which is currently under rehabilitation.

According to the governor, allowing the trucks to ply the road while been rehabilitated would prevent users from feeling the positive impact of the rehabilitation exercise, The Guardian reports.

The Guardian reports that Bello, who gave the order while inspecting the project awarded by the state government, however, called on the Federal Ministry of Works to install weighing bridges in the country, if the life span of roads was to be sustained.

He lamented the way and manner at which overloaded trucks weighing between 40,000- 70,000 tones instead of the lawful maximum of between 30,000- 35,000 tones ply the road, which was constructed to carry about 35,000 tones or litres.

The governor said the rehabilitation effort of the state government was aimed at reducing the hardship faced by the motorists and ensure free flow of movement on the road. He added that government was in consultation with the State House of Assembly to introduce a weighing bridge bill to ensure arrest and prosecution of any over loaded vehicle plying through the Niger state.

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Source: The Guardian