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Lafia, Nov. 30, 2016 (NAN) The Nasarawa State Government says it will spend about N 1.3billion on construction and channelisation of 1.2km Lafia East/Tudun Kauri road.
The Managing Director, Nasarawa State Urban Development Board (NUDB), Alhaji Adamu Sule-Mohammed, disclosed this on Wednesday in Lafis.
He received members of the State House of Assembly Committee on NUDB and Town planning , who were on oversight visit to the project site in Lafia.
Sule-Mohammed said the road would improve on the standard of living of the people of the area and the state at large.
He commended the contractor for good quality work, adding that the completion of the road would reduce the hardship of the people of the area as well as those plying the road for the overall development of the country.
“My honourable members, we are all aware that the importance of embarking on the construction of roads and bridges by any government cannot be over-emphasised.
“Apart from boosting the socio-economic development and the revenue base of the state, it will also help in reducing the plight of the people.
“This is why the state government has decided to embark on bridges, channelisation of road, road construction across the state in order to fight poverty, youth restiveness and unemployment.
“I want to disclose to you that the construction and channelisation of 1.2km Lafia East/Tudun Kauri road will cost the state government about N1.3 billion and already N197.2 million has been paid to the contractor,’’ the managing director said.
He said the state government was committed to initiating projects that would touch the lives of residents of the state for the overall development of the country.
Earlier, Mr Suleiman Alhassan (APC-Uke/Karshi), the Chairman, State House of Assembly Committee on NUDB and Town planning, said that the oversight visit would enable the committee to assess the 2016 budget performance of the ministry.
Alhassan, who spoke through the Majority Leader of the House ,Umar Tunga (APC-Awe-North) said, “We are here to see by ourselves what and what the board has done with the funds allocated to it in the 2016 budget with the view of addressing any challenge if discovered’’.
He commended the state government and the contractor for the quality work done and called for its sustenance.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the committee also inspected 2km Emir Palace Road Rehabilitation, 650m UAC /GSS Lafia road construction and Tomatoes market road/drainage construction, all in Lafia (NAN)
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(Edited by Adeleye Ajayi)