Some communities living along Gombe- Dukku-Darazor road have made a passionate appeal to the Federal Government to come to their rescue over the terrible state of Gombe-Dukku-Darazo road.
The dilapidated portion of the road which is about 78 km in length has not witnessed any major rehabilitation.
A resident of the area, Malam Mamman Dukku told The Punch in Gombe on Friday, that the call was necessary because the road has become a death trap for motorists plying the Gombe-Dukku,-Darazo-Kano route.
He lamented that the terrible state of the road has compelled many motorists to stop plying the road as accidents along the road have become a daily phenomenon.
“The Federal government has completely neglected this part of the country because this is the road that links Gombe State to Kano and other states in the Northwest,” he said.
He blamed the federal lawmakers representing the Northern part of the state for not making any effort to ensure the rehabilitation of the road.
“The Senator representing Gombe North is from Dukku likewise the Reps member representing Gombe /Dukku/ FunaKaye Federal Constituency are from Dukku but they have not done anything to see to the rehabilitation of the road,” he said.
According to him, the failure of the federal lawmakers from the area to prevail on the FG to rehabilitate the road has continued to affect the socio-economic activities of the entire Gombe State.
Speaking in the same vein, a driver, Musa Babaldu said, “ This dilapidated portion of the road is 40 minutes drive from Gombe to Dukku but we have to spend two hours now due to its terrible condition.
“It is 40 40-minute drive from Gombe to Dukku but we have to take two hours now to reach Dukku from Gombe,” he said.
Babaldu, however, called on both federal and state governments to do something urgently to reduce accidents and enhance security along the road as well as to save lives and property.
A correspondent of The Punch observed that the flood had washed away some parts of the road and youths in the areas had to assist motorists by directing.
It was also observed that motorists plying the road have to drive “at a snail’s speed” to avoid possible breakdown of the vehicles while in some areas they have to abandon the entire road and drive along its shoulder.