FG orders emergency repairs on Bida–Lambata road
The Federal Government has ordered emergency repairs on the dilapidated Bida–Lambata road in Niger State, following sustained complaints from motorists, transporters and residents over persistent gridlock and accidents on the route. The corridor is a major economic artery linking Niger to other parts of the country, but its poor state has long caused hardship for commuters and disrupted movement of goods and farm produce. According to the Ministry of Works, the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) has been mobilised to site to begin palliative and emergency intervention works aimed at easing traffic and restoring safer passage. The directive was issued after a stakeholders’ meeting with the National Association of Road Transport Owners and other transport unions, where government officials received fresh reports of stranded vehicles and long queues along the axis. Officials explained that the emergency repairs will focus on […]