Youths in Niger State under the aegis of the Coalition of youths and civil society organizations have ordered tanker drivers to vacate the Suleja-Minna and Bida-Minna roads within 48 hours or face severe consequences.
The youth ssued the threat at a press conference on Saturday evening.
Tanker drivers had since Friday blocked the Suleja-Lambata-Bida road since Friday, protesting the alleged restriction of the movement by Niger State Government due to ongoing reconstruction of Minna-Bida Road.
Niger State chapter chairman of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, Bello Shariff said the drivers’ action had heightened the pain of poor governance already faced by the citizens in the state.
He said the blockage had caused citizens and innocent travelers “untold hardship, pains, and uncertainties.”
“Over the past few years, many of us have got the reasons to discuss and analyze the state of affairs in our darling Niger State, the pulse and the trend have been too ugly despite continuous hope and unflinching optimism and patriotism demonstrated by all to see the state positioned for greatness, considering the number of Trunk A roads traversing the length and breadth of Niger state, being a gateway between South and Northern part of the country,” he said.
Sherif said federal Lawmakers from the state had kept quiet on the way the federal government is responding to rehabilitation of dilapidated Trunk A roads in the state.
He, therefore, called on the federal legislators to ensure that part of the new loan sought by President is Buhari captures the reconstruction of Lambatta-Lapai-Bida and Jebba-Tegina-Birnin Gwari roads.
