Minister laments as flood destroys newly constructed Kano-Maiduguri highway

Minister of Works, David Umahi, has lamented the destruction of a section of the newly rehabilitated Kano-Maiduguri highway.

The minister in a statement issued on Saturday by his media aide, Orji Uchenna Orji, Umahi described the incident caused by flooding as unfortunate, saying that the completed roads in the country did not last five years.

Umahi revealed that a technical team from the ministry had been dispatched for on the spot assessment, and promised to find a lasting solution to the road.