Kaduna state governor, Uba Sani has said his administration is constructing 140 roads in all the 23 local government areas in Kaduna state, totalling 1,335 kilometres across all the three senatorial districts.
The Governor, who spoke yesterday during the commissioning of asphalt road linking Durum to Kuruntumawa towns in Makarfi LGA, pointed out that all the roads were conceived and initiated by his government, promising that his administration will complete projects inherited from previous governments.
He reminded that all the road projects were of standard quality.
Governor Sani recalled that he was at Kuruntumawa in September, 2025 when he performed the ground breaking ceremony for the construction of the road project which he commissioned on Saturday.
‘’For many years, this community endured the consequences of poor road infrastructure. The hardship was visible and persistent. Farmers struggled to move their produce to market, traders faced rising costs. Students navigated unsafe journeys to schools. Families encountered delays in accessing healthcare.
‘’These were not distant statistics, they were personal stories I heard directly from you—at townhall meetings, during consultations and in quiet moments of honest conversations, like the one I had with the Secretary to Kaduna State Government’’, he said.
According to him, the Kuruntumawa-Durum road is more than just concrete and tar but a lifeline, a channel where ‘’the labour of our farmers will reach markets more efficiently. It is the path that will carry our children safely to school and enable patients to access medical care without unnecessary delay”.
He reiterated that he is fulfilling his campaign promise of rural transformation and inclusive governance, whereby both rural and urban areas will have their fair share of projects.
The governor said Maƙarfi LGA is amongst the 12 local governments that had not benefited from even a single kilometre road project in the last 12 years.
Speaking at the event, the Secretary to Kaduna state government, Dr. AbdulƘadir Mu’azu Meyere, recalled that the people of Kuruntumawa had requested for the construction of the road during the 2023 campaign. According to Dr. Meyere, he promised them that Senator Uba Sani will construct it if voted into office, adding that the Governor has fulfilled his pledge with the commissioning of the project.
The SSG said previous administrations, in the last 30 years, had been promising to construct the road but had failed until the coming of Governor Uba Sani. According to him, this singular act has shown that the governor is a man of his words, a compassionate leader and someone who has the welfare of rural dwellers at heart.
In his welcome address, the Chairman of Maƙarfi LGA, Hon Garba Muhammad Sabon-Gari, said that the people of Makarfi council will never forget Governor Sani’s administration because of developmental projects that have been executed in the area.
He said that restoring electricity to the local government was the first project that the Governor executed, adding that the award for the Kuruntuwa to Durum road and the commissioning was done within three months.
