Yobe State Governor Hon. Mai Mala Buni on Tuesday inspected some ongoing township roads and a health facility project at the Yobe State University Teaching Hospital, in Damaturu.
The governor, who was on an unscheduled visit to the projects, said he was there to see the quality and pace of work on the projects.
He said the road projects were initiated to improve transportation of goods and services for the socio-economic development of the communities.
Governor Buni explained that good roads are for the success of the post insurgency agenda, while the drainages would save houses from the annual floods.
The governor who expressed satisfaction with the quality and speed of work charged the Commissioner for Works, Engr. Umaru Wakil Dudaye, to ensure that there is value for money in all the ongoing projects.
Similarly, the governor called on the contractors to execute the projects in accordance with the specifications and other contractual agreements.
The Commissioner for Works assured the governor that his ministry was on close supervision of all the projects to ensure that all specifications were adhered to by the contractors.
He said government is currently executing additional seven kilometers of road projects and fourteen-kilometer concrete drainages in the commissioner’s quarters and Nasarawa areas of Damaturu metropolis.
He commended the efforts of Governor Buni to save inhabitants of the benefitting communities from the menace of the annual floods.
At the College of Medical Sciences of the Yobe State University Teaching Hospital Damaturu, the governor inspected the progress of work on the project.
He assured that government would ensure timely completion of the projects and put to use for the benefit of the people.
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Mamman Mohammed,
DG Press, and Media Affairs to the Gov.
