The Kaduna State Council of the National Union of Road Transport Workers has appealed to the Federal Government to expedite action on the construction and rehabilitation of roads in the state to curb the recurring loss of lives and property.

The State Secretary of the union, Alhaji Hassan Ibrahim, made the call on Wednesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kaduna.

Ibrahim said the union recorded on continuous basis road crashes especially along Abuja-Kaduna highway and the Western bypass in Kaduna due to the slow pace in the construction and rehabilitation of the decapitated roads.

Ibrahim regretted that some members of the union particularly those with smaller vehicles had been forced to leave Kaduna and relocated to operating along Zuba-Abuja road due to the bad roads.

The official, then, urged the Federal Government to initiate policies that would compel the assigned contractors of the roads under construction to complete the projects considering the high volume of vehicles that ply the roads.

Ibrahim also commended Gov. Uba Sani ot Kaduna State’s initiative of centralizing all motor parks within Kaduna.
Ibrahim assured the state government as well as the security agencies of the union’s continued complementary partnership.