INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT: Masari Midas Touch in Transportation

By Ibrahim M Abdullah

Infrastructure remains an instrument of rural development, thought there are numerous meanings as to what infrastructure connotes, one can simply see it as availability of life meaning projects mostly visible and these are reflected in government budget as capital expenditure and named capital projects.
Rural Development Remains a great hindrance to socio- economic development of Developing countries, over time, Nigeria had excluded it self not, it is failure of the successive governments to make policies that have significant impact on the Rural poor which in turns reduces the rural urban migration by detention Rural Urban Drift.

The advent of Rt. Hon Aminu Bello Masari as the Governor of Katsina indeed witnessed a paradigm shift from the conventional concentration of state own resources to urban areas alone the journey had brought effective resource allocation and all- inclusive Governance.
Katsina State was in a sorry state of rural development as numerous locations were inaccessible due to the absence of tarred roads and other openings that guarantee access to remote rural areas.
However, the coming of Dallatun Katsina has been a good turnout; this by identification opened up the entire transportation sector which is an attempt boost the economy of the state through easy transportation of goods, services and commuters specifically the agricultural produce which Katsina is best known for.

The commitment of the administration in the last 3 years has yielded an unprecedented dividend in the road infrastructure as almost 1173.92km of roads had been constructed and some are nearing completion, as numerous were just awarded.
In a way of summary, Funtua zone have the following:
Construction of Marbar Sayaya-Sayaya Road which has been completed.
Construction of Kankara-Zango Dansabau Road,
Musawa-Gingin-Tabbani Road,Dayi-tuge-Gangule-Gundawa Road,
Rehabilitation of Malumfashi-Dankanjiba-Mahuta Road still in progress but nearing completion and lot more.
In Katsina Zone the itemised roads below are precedent :
Construction of Eka-Kadandan Kuraye-Yargamji Road.
Construction of Yandaki- Gafia-Abdallawa-Dankaba,
Construction of Dutsinma Tsaskiya-Babban Duhu-kukar Samuel Roads are still in progress and lots more.

Daura Zone also witnessed the Masari's touch thus:
Rehabilitation and asphalting of Sandamu-Baure-Babban Mutum Road excluding Zango-Rogogo spur have been completed.
Construction of Fsgor-Katsayal-Kwasarawa-Jirdede-Koza road completed.
Construction of Kwanar Dabke-Dan Aunai Road,
Construction of Randa-Gallu Road,
Construction of Rimaye-Sukuntuni-Karadua,
Construction of Kankia-Dangamau Roads are still in progress.
Rehabilitation of Mashi-Birnin Kuma and Fago-Dannakola-Rijiyar-Tsamiya Road - work still in progress.

All these are aside the construction of rural feeder roads in Funtua Senatorial Zone, Katsina Senatorial Zone and Daura Senatorial Zone as a number of them are mobilized and some work in progress, aside the rural and urban roads, faculty maintainance by the state- owned Katsina State Roads Maintainance Agency (KASROMA).
Ibrahim M Abdullah is the Director-General of Katsina Media & Publicity.