TANZANIA PRESIDENT PROMISED TO RE-SHAPE NANGURUKURU-LINDI HIGHWAY

President John Magufuli has promised to reshape the Nangurukuru-Lindi highway after witnessing first-hand how bad the road was looking.

The President led thousand of mourners for the burial of the late former President Benjamin Mkap by taking the route to Dar es Salaam from Lupaso village, Masasi District in Mtwara Region.

Shortly after the burial was over, President Magufuli questioned the efficiency of the top officials in the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communications for failure to perform their duties effectively, leading to the damage of the road stretch.

Quoting President Magufuli, “If you look at this road, it’s like the works ministry has no minister, deputy minister, permanent secretary, chief executive officer of Tanzania National Roads Agency (Tanroads) or Lindi regional Tanroads manager,”

“To be honest, this isn’t the same road that I left when I was the Minister for Works in 2015; it has been damaged severely by trucks that are overloaded with gypsums, and the ministry is quiet on this,”

He declared that he would take immediate action shortly after arriving at the office, for the road to be maintained in a grand plan to avoid effects that could follow. He also noted that immediate intervention was needed to restore the standard of the road, so as to avoid accident risks.

Source: Daily News 

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