Relief as Borno Governor reopens Maiduguri-Gamboru Ngala Highway 3 years after

*The Borno State Government alongside the Nigerian Military has reopened the 137-kilometer Maiduguri-Dikwa-Mafa-Gamboru Ngala Road for motorists after three years incessant insurgents’ attacks in the Lake Chad area of the country

Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect

It was great reprieve to the residents as the Borno State Government alongside the Nigerian Military reopened the 137-kilometer Maiduguri-Dikwa-Mafa-Gamboru Ngala Road for motorists three years after incessant attacks in the Lake Chad area of the country.

Governor Babagana Zulum, at the tape cutting event held Friday, February 4, 2022, commended the Military and local vigilantes for securing the region.

The Borno State Governor urged the road users to be law-abiding as well cooperate with security agencies for the full return of economic activities in the area, Channels TV report said.

It was gathered the symbolic reopening of the road was done at Muna before the governor proceeded to Dikwa town to ensure that the road has been formally reopened to traffic.

The governor, alongside the Theatre Commander of the Joint Taskforce Operation Hadin Kai, Major-General Christopher Musa, cut the tape signifying the official reopening of the road.

Maiduguri-Gamboru Ngala Federal Highway is one of the busiest and most popular commercial roads linking the northeast sub-region to Cameroon, Chad, and the Niger Republic, report stated.

Three years ago, the road was shut down as a result of several attacks on the major towns of Dikwa, Mafa, and Gamboru Ngala, crippling economic activities in the part of the country.

Goni Bura, a member of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in the state during the event was quoted to have said that reopening of the highway would benefit not only Nigerian consumers but people in Cameroon and Niger Republic.

Bura appreciated the Borno State Government for donating patrol vehicles to the security agents.

Before the reopening of the route, report indicated that the Nigerian Military had been escorting passengers and travellers to and fro on the highway to protect them from insurgency attacks.