The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has equally promised to redesign the Lokoja-Ajaokuta Road within TWO WEEKS, saying that the rehabilitation of the road will commence immediately.

Umahi who also assured Nigerians that a permanent solution will be applied to all federal roads across the country had spoken in Lokoja yesterday, when he inspected the Abuja-Koton-Karfe-Lokoja Road and the Ganaja-Ajaokuta Road which had become a death trap to motorists since the 2022 flood disaster which destroyed some portion of federal roads in the state.

The minister who inspected the roads alongside Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, assured motorists and the people of the state that a flyover will be constructed on the section of the federal road at Koton-Karfe which was destroyed by flood.

In his remarks, the governor, who thanked the minister for swinging into action shortly after his inauguration, expressed concerns that since the flooding of 2022 the Lokoja-Ajaokuta road has remained a difficult terrain for vehicles coming from the South-South and South-East to pass to the northern parts of the country.