The Federal Government, yesterday, flagged off construction of the 132-km Kano-Daura-Kongollam project dual carriage road worth N115 billion and connecting three states of Kano, Jigawa and Katsina.

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, while performing the flag-off ceremony in Gwiwa, Kazaure Local Government Area of Jigawa State, said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration concentrated on investment in infrastructure to stimulate the economic development of the nation and create jobs.

Fashola who decried what he described as trespass on the right of way of the Federal government roads however appealed to the Kano, Jigawa and Katsina States government and traditional rulers to intervene and help recover its right of way in order to ensure timely delivery of the project.