Politics

OLUSEGUN Obasanjo, Former President of Nigeria on Wednesday inaugurated Jimeta great Interchange flyover in Yola, the Adamawa  capital.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the inauguration is part of activities marking the  one year anniversary of  Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri’s second term  in office.

Obasanjo described the project as Adamawa unity centre, saying it was  first of its kind in the region.

The former president, who commended Fintiri for a job well done, urged him to continue to do more for the people of the state, especially in the area of security.

According to him, ensuring security will enable rural development and allow people to produce food, create job opportunities and wealth for a good life.

He advised Fintiri to keep  doing  more as the sky was going to be his limit in Nigeria politics.

In his address, Gov. Fintiri said that the flyover was  one of the fastest delivered projects in the country and the world which  was constructed to ease traffic grid in the state capital.

He said that the project was  executed for the interest of people in the state and also  to attract investors to  the state for economic development.

He thanked Obasanjo for his contributions for the development of the state and for  coming to  inaugurate  the project personally.

“The project means a lot to our people that is why I named it as Adamawa Unity Bridge for the benefit of humanity”, Fintiri said.

Earlier in his remarks, Alhaji Adamu Atiku, Commissioner for Works and Energy Development said that bridge was the first ever in the history of the Northeast.

According to him, before the emergence of the flyover, road users faced challenges plying the road, especially with the influx of people in to the state capital due to lingering insurgency  (NAN) 

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-May 29, 2024 @ 15:23 GMT|

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