Bauchi legislators task FG on construction of Akwanga-Jos-Bauchi -Gombe – Yola high way
By Samuel Luka
An elite group known as the Bauchi Legacy Legislators (BLL) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s led federal government to ensure the implementation of the Akwanga-Jos-Bauchi -Gombe – Yola high way amongst other laudable initiatives of the government.
BLL, a foremost socio-economic and political interest group also commended the President for keeping to its campaign promise of continuing operations at the Kolmani Oil area in Bauchi and other frontiers in the North.
According to the group, with the actualisation of the stated projects and programmes, the support for the re – election of Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general elections upon presenting himself, is a done deal in the State and North East geopolitical zone.
The Group Chief Executive of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited stated this yesterday while responding to a recent declaration by Mr Bashir Bayo Ojulari in an interview with BBC that operations at the Kolmani Oil wells will soon resume in earnest.
The leader of the group and former speaker House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Yakubu Dogara who signed a press statement, urged the federal government under President Bola Tinubu to make the exploitation of Kolmani Oil and Gas reserves a reality with the attendant benefits to the communities, state, region and the country in general.
“You will recall that in February, 2025, at the commissioning of a constituency project of Senator Shehu Buba at Toro local government area if Bauchi state, Hon Dogara had Dogara called on the Federal Government to resume Kolmani Oil operations”, the statement said.
The group also appealed to the federal government to construct the Kafin Zaki and Zungur/Bagel dams which will create thousands of jobs, boost agricultural activities and add hundreds of megawatts of electricity to the national grid.
