Kogi group lauds Umahi over road repairs, urges more action on abandoned Kabba-Egbe-Ilorin road

A socio-political organisation, Yagba Action Group (YAG), has made a passionate and urgent appeal to the Federal Government for the outright reconstruction of the collapsed Kabba-Egbe-Ilorin federal road, which has become a haven for bandits, who are unleashing terror on those who live and travel along the road.

YAG, a pressure group based in Kogi State, noted that the federal road, which was constructed about 50 years ago, has received attention 33 years after, when it was rehabilitated through the initiative of the defunct Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF).

However, the group commended the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, for the inclusion of a section of it in the current palliative repairs of federal roads across the country.

YAG extended its commendation to the senator representing Kogi West, Sunday Karimi and member of House of Representatives for Yagba Federal Constituency, Leke Abejide for their roles culminating in the inclusion of Kabba-Egbe-Ilorin road in the 2024 Appropriation Bill, while urging proactive action towards finding a lasting solution to the bad road through improved budgetary funding.

In a statement signed by its General Coordinator, Toba Adebayo Belushi, YAG also made a solemn appeal to Mangal Industries Limited, owners of the newly established Mangal cement factory in Ilu Hagba, Kogi State, to, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) join in the efforts to fix the road.

While it admonished Senator Karimi and Hon Abejide not to relent in the joint efforts at lobbying the Federal Government and Mangal Industries Limited for immediate action, YAG enthused that the repair works in Yagba axis between Mopamuro and Yagba West Local Councils, which commenced in the last quarter of 2023, came as a huge relief to motorists and residents of the area, while also serving as an elixir for the socioeconomic woes of Yagba people occasioned by the deplorable condition of the road.

The group commended the contractors for doing a good job, while also calling for expedited action to ensure the repairs are completed during the dry season.