Kuje-Gwagwalada road was death trap for decades – Tinubu declares as he commissions phase I dual carriageway

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu connected Wednesday, said the recently completed Phase I of the Kuje-Gwagwalada Dual Carriageway has brought an extremity to decades of hardship, insecurity and economical losses suffered by residents and commuters on the corridor.

Speaking done Vice President Kashim Shettima astatine the commissioning of the 7-kilometre dual carriageway successful Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) Tinubu described the roadworthy arsenic a captious economical and information infrastructure that would alteration the lives of residents successful Kuje, Gwagwalada, Kwali and adjoining communities.

“For decades, this roadworthy was a decease trap. Traders from Kuje, Gwagwalada, Kwali and beyond mislaid time, goods and sometimes lives portion plying this road. Criminals thrived successful the darkness. Students wasted hours successful traffic. Farmers could not get their nutrient to marketplace connected time.

“But that communicative ends today,” the President said.

Tinubu noted that the road, equipped with solar-powered streetlights, pedestrian walkways and modern drainage facilities, represents much than carnal infrastructure.

“This 7-kilometre dual carriageway with solar-powered streetlights, pede...