Senate calls on FG to urgently re-construct Goje-Mayo, Selbe-Gembu road

In order to prevent the washing away of the road from Goje in Gombe State via Mayo Selbe to Gembu in Taraba State by heavy down pour and land slide already threatening it, the Senate, Thursday, called on the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing to urgently re-construct the it.
It also directed the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) to urgently rehabilitate bad portions of the road just as it called for urgent intervention from the North East Development Commission (NEDC).
Attention of the Senate was drawn to the dilapidated 127km road by Senator Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf, representing Taraba Central, in a motion to that effect in the upper legislative chamber.
Coming under Orders 42 and 52 of the Senate Standing Rule, Senator Yusuf stated that the strategic importance of Bali- Gashaka – Gembu road to the economy of Taraba State in particular and the country in general cannot be underestimated.
According to the lawmaker, the road enables farmers and cattle rearers to transport their produce/ products to the market as well as other business engagement to other part of the country.
Senator Yusuf further said that Taraba State government, despite its weak financial capability, awarded the reconstruction of the road from Jalingo to Gembu to PW Construction Company, but the construction work could not reach Gembu but terminated at Goje near Mayo Selbe.
The upper chamber also called on Federal Ministry of Power to emphasise the importance of the road to the Mambila Hydro Power Project.