Kaduna State Government has broken a 40-year infrastructure record at Ahmadu Bello University with the ongoing reconstruction of 60 kilometres of internal roads, the Uba Sani Back2Back Movement has said.
Addressing journalists in Zaria on Saturday, the Acting Director of Strategic Communications for USB2B, Hadiza Mohammed, hailed the project as the biggest intervention the university has received in over four decades.
According to her, the project involves full reconstruction with modern drainage, street lighting, pedestrian walkways and disability-accessible routes.
“What makes this extraordinary is that Kaduna State Government did not wait to be asked. Governor Uba Sani saw the need and acted. That is leadership beyond the call of duty,” she explained.
She added that ABU Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Adamu Ahmed, has validated the project as the most significant infrastructure intervention in the university’s recent history.
The movement also said quality tests conducted with ABU’s Faculty of Engineering, including coring and California Bearing Ratio assessments, confirmed the roads exceeded required standards.
“When ABU’s own engineering experts validate the work, that endorsement speaks volumes,” she noted.
Beyond the campus, Mohammed said the project has become an economic lifeline. Hundreds of artisans, labourers, welders, block moulders and transporters from Sabon Gari, Zaria and nearby communities have benefited directly.
She further commended the governor for approving land grants to support staff housing within the university, calling it an investment in staff welfare and institutional stability.
“ABU is the oldest university in Northern Nigeria and an academic reference point for the 19 Northern states. Any investment in ABU is an investment in the future of the North,” she said.
The group urged other governments and corporate bodies to emulate the model, saying the project has set a benchmark for how states can support federal institutions.
“This is not just a road project but an investment in knowledge, research and regional development. History will remember it,” Mohammed added.
