Makurdi – Gboko Road is a 82 km federal carriageway with 7.3m width asphalt concrete.

The road passes through Yandev (a suburb of Gboko town) and it extends to Ugbema, near Katsina Ala.

Makurdi – Yandev – Ugbema Road

The longer phase of the Makurdi – Gboko Road is Makurdi – Yandev – Ugbema Road. It is part of the economic link road connecting Benue to Cross River State and Taraba State. It is also a link road connecting Makurdi, the state capital to Gboko, the capital Gboko, the traditional headquarters of Tiv people.

A multiple purpose dam is to be constructed at the upstream in Ugbema, Buruku Local Government Area to prevent water from over flowing the Dura bridge across the Gboko-Ugbema- Katsina-Ala-Zaki-Biam road.

Deputy Director, Hydrology, Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation, Mr Robert Umezulike who led a team at the instance of the Minister, Terlumun Utsev to carry out an assessment of the damage caused by the flood said already a contract for design of the project has been awarded.

This flood water cut off the Gboko-Ugbema road at Dura and Abakwa settlements, while farms such as rice, yams, cassava and residential houses within the communities were washed away.

A driver and Organizing Secretary National Union of Road Transport Workers, Katsina-Ala branch, Emmanuel Akaakase and a youth leader, Livinus Tyodoo appealed construct the Gboko-Ugbema-Katsina-Ala road to ease movement of farm produce to the market.