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DESPITE deteriorating insecurity, snowballing cost of living and rising cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria, many citizens will travel home this Yuletide to reunite with their family for Christmas and New Year festivities. However, two major concerns that will prevent sizeable number of people from travelling are the poor and unsafe state of the nation’s highways. Senior Investigative Reporter, Marcus Fatunmole, examines some flashpoints in the nation’s roads and how motorists and travellers can arrive at their destinations safely.
A NUMBER of Nigerian roads have described as “death trap,” “highway to hell,” “Road to Death” among others, not necessarily because of many fatal crashes that occur on them, but because of high rate of abduction and robbery they witness.
They also lamented that the continued relocation of some of their markets and lack of government support were part of their major challenges this year.
They observed that the heavy rainfall recorded towards the end of the season did not favour the roselle plant to grow up to its usual height, which would have enabled it to produce good seeds that would eventually produce the blossom red seed coat or cover, popularly known as zobo.
A renowned farmer, Malam Abdullahi Kwangwama
Malam Abdullahi Kwangwama, a zobo farmer in Mani Local Government Area of the state, in an interview with Daily Trust, disclosed that from the beginning of last season there was no manure or fertiliser to apply to the plant, a situation that slowed down its growth.