The Kebbi State Governor, Comrade Dr Nasir Idris has directed the State Ministry of Works to ensure urgent reconstruction of Makera-Kangiwa road washed away by flood.
This is to reconnect Kangiwa and other towns and villages in the area with the state capital.
The governor gave the order while inspecting the washed away road at Makera.
Gov. Idris urged the ministry of works to present a capable and qualified contractors that would reconstruct the washed away Makera-Kangiwa road.
He said the present administration under his watch would not relent in its efforts to deliver the needed dividends of democracy to the electorate.
The governor described the road as very vital to socioeconomic development of the state considering the fact that it connects the state with other neighbouring countries.
Conducting the governor round the affected road, the Commissioner for Works, Alhaji Abdullahi Umar-Muslim assured that the ministry would do its best to ensure that a qualified and reliable contractor is assigned to do the job.
Umar-Muslim pleaded with the affected communities to be patient, assuring that work on the project would soon commence.