Gombe-Biu Highway: North-East will reciprocate with massive votes for Tinubu in 2027 — Ndume
Borno South senator, Ali Ndume, has said the people of North-East will reciprocate President Bola Tinubu’s infrastructure reforms in the region with massive votes in the 2027 general election.
He disclosed this in a statement on Saturday following the flag-off of the reconstruction and dualization of the 125-kilometer Gombe-Biu highway.
The senator hailed Tinubu and the minister of works, David Umahi, for redeeming their pledges to put the road in good shape.
He said, “In 2019, during a high-level engagement with the then minister of works and housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, which I initiated, I expressed concerns regarding the deplorable condition of the Biu–Gombe Road, emphasizing its strategic significance to economic integration, interstate mobility, security operations, and regional development within the Northeast subregion.
“Also in July 2021, during an engagement with the Ministry of Works, during deliberations connected to national infrastructure financing frameworks, including projects tied to African Development Bank-supported facilities, I also made a presentation on the urgent need to include the Biu–Gombe corridor within federal rehabilitation priorities, strategic funding windows, and long-term infrastructure development frameworks.
“It is heartwarming to note that my interaction with the present minister of works, engineer Dave Umahi, in a letter dated February 11, 2026, in which I drew his attention to the exclusion of Biu/Damboa/Maiduguri, all in Borno State, in the 2026 budget for four legacy projects of the present administration finally paid off as the Federal Executive Council (FEC) eventually approved the Biu–Gombe Road project under the federal tax credit and infrastructure intervention framework.
“The project was subsequently captured among strategic national road interventions financed through the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) tax liabilities arrangement.”
“I want to appreciate Mr. President for listening to my calls.
“It is a laudable project that will unlock economic opportunities and improve the quality of life for Nigerians.”
“I am sure that the people of the Northeast will appreciate this gesture of Mr. President and reward him with their votes in the forthcoming general elections.”
Recall that the road project, valued at N1.245 trillion, was flagged on Thursday in Liji, Gombe State.
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