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Kano-Maiduguri Highway Splits Due To Flood

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Kano-Maiduguri Highway Flood

Floods due to heavy downpours have severely damaged the federal highway connecting Kano to Maiduguri, particularly between the Malori and Guskuri villages in the Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi State.

A video of the disaster showed that the road split into two, creating a sizeable hollowed-out area in the middle of the road, making it impassable for motorists.

Emphasising the significance of the road as a significant link between the Northwest and Northeast regions of the country, Bauchi State governor Bala Mohammed, speaking to journalists at the scene on Thursday, called on the Federal Government to urgently intervene to fix the damaged road.

He said:

This is a major highway, the Northeast highway, and the dual carriageways have been completely washed away. We are calling on the federal government to assist. We will report this issue to Abuja through the Controller of Works.

If they are unable to address the problem, we will take action to implement remedial or permanent measures, as we did during the last rainy season.

In early July, the Federal Government reported that no fewer than 10 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, had experienced various degrees of flooding or recorded casualties as rains intensified, warning that 21 more states might suffer flooding.

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