Nasarawa State Govt. to spend N588.8m on township roads
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Roads
Garaku (Nasarawa State) Dec. 1, 2016 (NAN) The Nasarawa State Government says it will spend about N588.8 million to construct the three kilometres Garaku township roads in Kokona Local Government area of the state.
The Managing Director, Nasarawa State Urban Development Board (NUDB), Alhaji Adamu Sule-ohammed, disclosed this on Thursday in Garaku when the state House of Assembly Committee on NUDB and Town Planning visited the project site in Garaku.
Sule-Mohammed said the road would improve the standard of living of the people of the area.
He commended the contractor for good quality work, adding that the completion of the road would reduce the hardship of the people and those plying the it.
“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 road construction across the state in order to fight poverty, youth restiveness and unemployment.
“I want to disclose to you that the construction of three kilometre Garaku township roads will cost the state government about N N588.8 million and already N88.3 million has been paid to the contractor,’’ the managing director said.
He said 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, House Committee on NUDB and Town Planning, said the oversight visit would enable the committee to assess the 2016 budget performance of the organisation.
Alhassan, who spoke through the Majority Leader of the House, Umar Tunga (APC-Awe North) said “we are here to see by ourselves what the board has done with the funds allocated to it in the 2016 budget’’.
He commended the state government and the contractor for the quality work done and called for its sustenance. (NAN)
BAB/IA
Edited by Idris Abdulrahman