Bwari Area Council seeks partnership with Law school on development
Development
By Veronica Dariya
Bwari (Abuja), July 12, 2018 (NAN) Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) says it is ready to go into partnership with the Nigerian Law School to enhance the development and improvement of the council’s infrastructure.
The Chairman of the council, Mr Musa Dikko made the assertion when members of his administration paid a courtesy visit to the Director-General of the Law School on Thursday in Abuja.
Dikko stressed the need for the council to work with the school, which is one of the most important institutions in the area.
He said that the council has not been able to achieve much in terms of infrastructure, because it has found it difficult to do so alone.
According to him, the area council will need the efforts of the school as well as other institutions in the area to improve its infrastructure.
“This council has the potential for tourism and we need this school to make progress in that aspect.
“Carry us along in your programmes and encourage your visitors and all to visit our pottery village situated in Ushafa community so that it can give the local producers a boost as well as underscore the importance of the council.
“The locals in Ushafa make beautiful art work and at affordable prices,” he said.
Dikko also disclosed that the council, using the Public Private Partnership (PPP), was able to develop seven markets in Kubwa, Dei-dei, Dawaki and others.
The markets, he said, would be completed and fully operational before the end of his administration.
“We are making all these efforts to reduce our dependence on government revenue allocation and improve on our Internally Generated Revenue (IGR).
“The dependence on the allocations is not healthy for us; it should be a complementary to us if only our IGR can sustain us.
“I am very sure that if these markets become operational in the next one year, the council should be able to remove not less than 5000 job applicants off the streets because some will be employed as sales representatives.
“Others may even become real traders themselves through its operations,” he said.
He, however, implored the Law School to exercise patience with the ongoing road rehabilitation, which he said, maybe slow, but would soon be completed in due course.
Dikko also assured the school authorities that the council and the FCT administration are working tirelessly to ensure that the security challenge in the area is completely resolved, as the security of lives and property remained paramount.
The challenge, he said, should not deter the school in all its plans and activities as Bwari remained the most peaceful and habitable environment for all.
Earlier, the D-G, Prof. Isa Ciroma while commending the council on its efforts, urged the chairman to keep up the good work it has started.
Ciroma said that the school, which has paid its dues through community services, employment of indigenes as staff and others, would not relent in the effort to make the council a better place.
He also urged the council to carry the school along on its developmental project so as to make the impact more feasible.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting was attended by Heads of Departments as well as staff members of both the Council and the Law School. (NAN)
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Edited by Kamal Tayo Oropo/Felix Ajide