Kano state government has committed over N1billion to reconstruct culverts and landscape adjoining pathways in several parts of Kano metropolis, as part of effort to give the state capital a facelift befitting of an emerging mega city.
The state governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, made the disclosure during a meeting with members of the National Assembly from the state, at the Aminu Kano lodge in Abuja, explained that the project would cover eight metropolitan local governments, in the first phase.
The project, he explained include provision of cover for the several culverts to prevent rubbish from accumulating, thereby exposing residents to environmental and health hazards such as flooding and outbreak of diseases.
“We also intend to embark upon construction of strategic roads in each of the Senatorial zones, starting with two roads per zone under our Rural Access Mobility, RAM programme. We have already identified the roads and we shall construct them through direct labour”, the governor stated.
Governor Ganduje, who took time to shed light on the policies and programmes of his government, stated that many inherited projects have so far being completed; others are on the verge of completion, while a significant number of new projects have reached appreciable level of progress.
“You can see that we have embarked upon massive construction of roads in metropolitan Kano and our rural areas, like the Karfi – Bunkure – Rano road so many others. The aim is to open up our state for enhanced movement of agricultural products to markets and to generally facilitate economic development’, he stressed.
The governor, expressed appreciation to the federal legislators from Kano for supporting his administration, to provide purposeful leadership to the people, hoping the spirit would remain alive.
He also urged them to remain steadfast in ensuring that the state gets its rightful share from the Federal government and emphasized the need for them to support the Buhari administration to move the nation forward.
Governor Ganduje promised to sustain his government’s open door policy so that the legislators and indeed all well maintaining people can participate proactively in decision making.
Speaking on behalf of the legislators, the Chief Whip, House of Representatives, Alasan Ado Doguwa expressed satisfaction with Ganduje’s leadership style, pointing out that they are honoured by the governor’s decision to carry them along in managing the state.
“We feel excited that despite the present economic situation in the country, you are able to carry out massive projects in the areas of education, health, youth empowerment and security’, he maintained, adding that the governors’ doggedness has resulted in the prevailing peaceful atmosphere, mainly along Falgore forest, which was hitherto a den of kidnappers and cattle rustlers.
Doguwa also praised the governor for his effort in rebranding the APC in the state and for working closely with the party leadership to bring about unity, decorum and fair play among the party members.
The meeting was attended by Senator Barau Jibrin (Kano North) and fifteen other members of the National Assembly from the state.
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