From Sadiq Abubakar, Maiduguri
In an efforts towards restoration of civil authoritties at the grassroots level across Borno state, Governor Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has re-opened Monguno-Cross Kauwa-Baga road for free movement of passengers and goods enroutes Cross Kauwa and Baga towns down .to Maiduguri and vice versa.
While declaring the road opened in Monguno on Wednesday, Governor Zulum presented 10 operational vehicles to the military and 2 Hiilux to the members of Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) to enhamce routine patrol along the roads to make the roads safe for the motorists and herdsmen as well as rural famers.
He said, ” I want you to carry out routine patrol and operations to keep the road safe for our people as we reopen this road for the passengers and motorists. You should have the courage to make the road remain open Because we have move forward”.
Responding, the Sector 3 Commander of Operation Laifya Dole, Brigadier General Ismail Yahaya assured the governor that they woukd work hard to keep the road safe, adding that the vehicles will be judiciously put to use.
“We assured you that we are going to judiciously put the vehicles in use by making sure the road is safe.We will work hard to once and for all wiped out the insurgents, so that we will go back to our barracks”, Yahaya said.
It would be recalled that Monguno- Baga road has been closed for sometime now as a result of the Boko Haram frequent attacks and occupation of the famous fishermen town, Bagya town by the Boko Haram insurgents for over a year now having displaced millions of people and rendered them jobless which the governor visited to access the possibility of the return of the IDPs before the end of the year.
