Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno south, has asked the federal government to initiate special priority projects in the north-east.
Ndume, who is a former senate leader, made the call in a
statement issued in Abuja on Friday.
His appeal follows Wednesday’s visit of six governors from
the region to President Bola Tinubu.
Special presidential priority projects are national
infrastructure initiatives that require dedicated attention and resources due
to their strategic importance or urgency.
At the meeting in the presidential villa, Babagana Zulum,
Borno governor and chair of the north-east governors’ forum, listed 17 road
projects that have been abandoned for decades.
The projects include Kano-Maiduguri road, Port
Harcourt-Jos-Bauchi-Maiduguri railway line, Bama-Mubi-Yola road,
Wukari-Jalingo-Yola road, Duguri-Mansur road, Bauchi-Gombe-Biu-Damaturu road,
Damaturu-Geidam road, Bauchi-Ningi-Nasaru-Babaldo road, and Gombe-Potiskum,
Damaturu-Biu roads.
Others are Alkaleri-Futuk road, Maiduguri-Damboa-Yola road,
Gombe-Dukku-Darazo road, Biu-Gombe road, Ibi-Shamdam road,
Maiduguri-Monguno-Baga road, and Maiduguri-Ngala-Bama-Banki roads.
The governors also demanded the resumption of oil
exploration in the Kolmani and Lake Chad frontier wells.
Ndume commended the forum for the initiative, saying the
north-east deserves attention after over 15 years of infrastructural neglect
due to insecurity.
He urged Tinubu to include the projects in the 2025
supplementary budget and 2026 budget proposal.
“Fifteen years down the line, there hasn’t been any
meaningful infrastructural development in the north-east as it has been ravaged
by the insurgents,” he said.
“In view of this, I suggest that the present administration
should give priority to the region and make provision for its urgent
infrastructural needs in the 2025 supplementary budget.
“Now that insurgents have receded as a result of efforts by
our military who have regained lost grounds, contractors can now move to
sites.”
The lawmaker also asked the governors not to relent in
promoting initiatives that would make life better for residents of the region.
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