The Bauchi State Governor, Mohammed Abubakar, has urged the Federal Government to refund the monies the state government spent in the past for works done on Bauchi-Bogoro-Dawaki road and Dindima-Yankari road.
Abubakar made the appeal while holding a meeting with the Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing, Alhaji Mustapha Baba Shehuri.
He said that Bauchi State needed the monies refunded to enable it pay the contractors that will handle similar projects the state was about to embark upon before the end of this month.
The governor said that the appointment was earlier made with the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babaraji Fasola, but explained that because the minister was out of the country on official visit to the United States with President Buhari, it held with the minister of State, Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, Alhaji Mustapha Baba Shehuri.
He said that the meeting was a follow up to an application the governor made to President Muhammadu Buhari, seeking permission to embark on construction and rehabilitation of federal roads under the Bauchi massive urban revival project.
The governor explained that under the Massive Bauchi Revival Project, major roads would be constructed, dualised and provided with modern traffic lights in Bauchi, Azare and Misau, including the federal roads that form the gateway to Bauchi metropolis from other states of the federation.
Abubakar also told the minister the intervention the state government is carrying out to save the Bauchi-Ningi federal highway from breaking as a result of heavy downpour. He assured the minister of good quality job by the contractors handling the project.
