The World Bank on Tuesday said it has reached an advanced stage to construct road networks of about 500 kilometres across the 44 local government areas of Kano state under Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP).
According to Dailytrust, the Commissioner for Rural and Community Development, Alhaji Musa Iliyasu Kwankwaso made the disclosure during an inspection tour by Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje to some local government areas. He hinted that the global bank would soon sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Kano state government to commence work.
“Because of the importance attached to rural roads by the state government, the World Bank decided to construct about 500 kilometres of roads across the 44 local government areas.”
Kwankwaso added that the state government on its part had come up with a Rural Access Mobility Directorate to strengthen compliance with global best practices in rural development.
He explained that in the RAAMP intervention, which would be jointly funded by the state and the World Bank, every local government in Kano would get not less than 10-km roads.
Speaking also, the Commissioner for Local Governments, Alhaji Murtala Sule Garo, said the road was being supervised appropriately to make sure that quality work was done.
