Following the action of tanker drivers blocking some specific areas in Bida town to protest the continued neglect of major highway linking the northern and south western parts of the country.
Niger state Governor Sani Bello has condemned the action, directing the state ministry of works and infrastructural development to immediately engage the federal controller of works in the state and find urgent way to rehabilitating some of the failed portions of the Lambata-Agaie-Lapai-Bida road.
Chief press secretary to the governor, Mary Noel-Berje, in a statement, disclosed that the drivers are asking the state government to allow then use the Minna-Bida road, which is presently being reconstructed by Dantata and Sawoe company.
The governor noted that the drivers have the right to peaceful protest as a group, but their action has greatly infringed on the right of other commuters describing it as very unfortunate.
He stated that the decision of the Tanker Drivers to block access to the road is unlawful, adding that such action will not not intimidate the state government into allowing them to use the Minna-Bida road which is a state owned road.
Governor Bello called for calm amidst untold hardship caused to innocent and law abiding citizens, assuring that the state government is liaising with the Federal Controller of Works in the state to urgently repair the failed portions of the road.
He cautioned the tanker drivers to desist from taking laws into their hands and channel their grievances to the appropriate authorities, stressing that embracing amicable resolution of the issue is more civil than subjecting or holding other citizens to ransom.
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