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Infrastructure
By Abdullahi Shugaba
Dutse, Nov 7, 2016 (NAN) The Jigawa Governor, Alhaji Muhammad Badaru, says the state is paying salaries in spite of the huge liabilities he inherited from his predecessor.
He said that in spite of the economic recession, he was able to garner resources to be paying salaries, meet pension commitmetments and embark on development of infrastructure.
Badaru said this while inaugurating a road project in Dutse on Monday.
He said that all he was doing was through prudence and transparency with the meagre resources in the government’s purse.
The governor said he would not embark on white elephant projects even if he had enough resources.
Baharu said that he would embark on projects that would be completed during his tenure and which would have direct effects to the life of the people.
He said that all his programmes would be pursued in line with his campaign promises to the masses.
“We shall continue to do this in our resolve to open up new frontiers of trade and commerce especially with the new agriculture policy in the state,” he said. (NAN)
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Edited by Tajudeen Atitebi