MINISTRY OF WORKS & TRANSPORT

Hon. Commissioner  Mohammed Sani Sidi

The Kaduna state Ministry of work and Transport is vested with the responsibility of providing and maintaining developmental infrastructures such as roads, building and other services. To this end , the ministry since the inception of this administration has achieved a lot in the following areas.

The State Government has achieved a lot in the following area.

The State Government has so far committed a total sum of N5,266,733,247.02 on the rehabilitation of major township roads is in phase since all the roads in the cities cannot be addressed at once due to the lean financial resources of the state, for equitable distribution of the transformation of the road infrastructure, some for equitable distribution of the transformation of the road infrastructure, in some local government headquarters were awarded for reconstruction/upgrading and are at various levels of completion.

Transport and Communication: Kaduna State is served with 2,820km stretch of trunk "A" Federal, well surfaced roads radiating from Kaduna City in five cardinal directions westwards to Tegina, northward to Kano, eastwards to Jos, south and south-eastwards to the Federal Capital Territory.

The State Government has also constructed good tarred surface roads comparable to the trunk "A" totalling 1,200km; and several other road development projects are still going on. Again, in order to open up the large rural areas, the former Federal Government Agency, DFRRI, constructed feeder roads to specific project locations.

For example, the road linking Rigachikun to Sabon Bimin and Gumel to Jere in Igabi and Kaohia LGAs respectively, are good feeder roads. Several other stretches have been constructed in Zango Kataf and Jama'a LGAs in order to gain access to the state's rural agriculture lands.

Apart from motor roads, railways converge on Kaduna city, from Lagos in the southwest and Port Harcourt in the southeast; and extend to Zaria which is another railway nodal settlement, with rail way lines branching to Kaura Namoda and Kano. These transportation networks are assets to the State Government for movement of goods, raw materials and services. Recently, development in air travel within Nigeria has linked the state to every corner of the country. Kaduna city now has a standard international airport.

This is welcome progress bringing the State closer to foreign investors. Indeed, business in any part of Kaduna State from any part of the federation can be reached within an hour or two, using either the Nigeria Airways or other indigenous chartered aircrafts. Also, a modern telecommunication system con nects Kaduna State with all other states and the outside world. Nigeria Telecommunications Corporation (NITEL) provides twentyfour hours automatic telephone exchange services in form of telex and fax. in addition to teleohone services in Kaduna, Zaria, Kafanchan and Kachia.

Tourism and Recreation: Although the present state of tourism in Kaduna does not reflect the state's long history and its rich cultural developments, there are several tourist attractions in different parts. For example, the famous Zaria city walls, the Emir's legendary insignia and the palace drums are all in the Old city. During Muslim festivals, like those mentioned above, minidurbar "Hawan Doushe", is normally staged in the open field in front of the palace.

The origin of Nigeria's famous Nok terracota and its rich cultural heritage in Jaba LGA and the annual traditional festival of "Tuk Itamo" in Nok Village and Kwoi respectively; and the "Afan" festi val among the peoples in Jama'a, Sanga and Kaura LGAs are held during Christmas and Easter and attract other Nigerians and foreigners, by thou sands.

The most recent Nok terracotta find is the dual face portraits (male and female said to predate the single female burst culture dated 258 BC.13. Wildlife parks and games are very limited in the state, but there are some good spots of natural history and recreational sites, such as the Plateau scarp, "The Assob Falls and Kagoro hills bathylith with the Matsirga falls all in the Jama'a LGA.

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