By Muhammad B Muhammad
Former Vice President and Waziri Adamawa, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar Saturday commissioned the first ever flyover bridge in the entire Northeastern states constructed by the Fintiri led administration in the heart of Jimeta/Yola at an event that held at PZ roundabout in Yola, the Adamawa state capital.
The overhead bridge and approach roads at Total Filling Station Junction includes provision of roundabout to distribute traffic to all roads at the ground level and extra lanes on the roads on each side of the roads on the ground level.
Speaking at the event, the Former Vice President, Alhaji Abubakar congratulated the people of Adamawa for having the project which will improve traffic management and add to the beauty of the state capital.
Abubakar lauded Governor Umaru Finiri for executing the gigantic project in the face of dwindling economic resources coupled with the competing demands in the state and revealed that history will for ever remember his achievements.
In his remarks, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri said the significance of the project in the heart of a city like Yola, cannot be overemphasized and named the flyover bridge after the late Lamido of Adamawa, Alhaji Aliyu Mustafa.
He said his administration must not wait
“until the population in the state bursts to the level of disorder and the roads are taken over by gridlocks” before the construction of flyover arguing that It is equally cheaper to do it now since it is inevitable in the nearest future.
He said the project, is one of the packages for the Adamawa Urban Renewal campaign and his administration will sustain it at this pace or even at a more speedy stride, until all the urban centers and semi-urban centers wear a befitting look.
He thanked the former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Waziri Adamawa for honoring his invitation to commission the Lamido Aliyu Mustafa Bridge assuring that his administration will continue to providing the state best governance.
In his remarks, the Commissioner of Works and Energy Development, Alhaji Adamu Atiku Abubakar said the mega project was completed less than twelve months of its timeframe and thanked Governor Umaru Fintiri for making a history by constructing the flyover.
In their goodwill messages, Alhaji Musa Garba, Barrister Musa Kaibo, Dr Aliyu Idi Hong and Galadima Adamawa Alhaji Mustafa Aminu commended Governor Umaru Fintiri for changing the face of Adamawa within two years in office.
The Managing Director of Messrs Triacta Nigeria Limited, Engineer Elie Abu Farahat said the company had live upto specifications in the construction of the flyover among other projects in the state and thanked the state government for patronising the company.
The member representing Yola North in the State Assembly and Chairman House Committee on health and Human Services, Hon Hamidu Lajo Lekki said Governor Umaru Fintiri has not only concentrated in the Urban renewal projects but also touched other sectors such as education and healthcare among others.