After different forms of gridlock which have affected the road for the past few days have been cleared, the Kaduna State Government on Saturday said the Kaduna-Abuja road is freed for motorists and road users
For the past few days, there has been gridlock on the Kaduna-Abuja road, which made vehicular movement to spend hours and days before reaching their destinations.
However, Samuel Aruwan Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, in a statement on Saturday, expressed satisfaction that there is now, free flow of traffic at Kilometer 75 of the highway, which was the epicenter of the gridlock, after a heavy duty vehicle broke down at the location, causing a blockage.
He said after days of painstaking work between the Kaduna State Government, Julius Berger Nigeria PLC, the military and other relevant agencies, the gridlock at the Kateri axis of the Kaduna-Abuja Road has been resolved.
He expressed the state government regrets for the protracted situation, which placed citizens in an undesirable state of severe hardship for many days.
According to him, the government is deeply grateful to security agencies that worked round the clock to ensure continuous security and safety of stranded citizens.