The Bauchi State Government, North East Nigeria says the quality of infrastructural projects being embarked on in the state are all a replica of what the Federal government is doing in the nation’s capital.
Recall that the present Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, was the ex- Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, and was also instrumental to many of the projects in capital city
The State officials made the disclosure over the weekend, during a project tour by the FCT Minister’s Press Corps who were in the State for its annual Media Retreat.
Specifically, one of the Officials, Chadi Muhammad who was designated as the Master of Ceremony of the government House, and also the tour guide, stated that many of the uncompleted infrastructural projects by the former administration in the state, were substandard and therefore not acceptable to the present government.
Muhammad disclosed that the Governor who always want value for every public funds disbursed, frowned at the substandard projects, especially major roads.
He pointed out that the Governor emphatically told the contractors to adhere to Abuja standard, noting that Bauchi State needs the best, and that there must be commensurate value for money spent.
One of the numerous people-oriented projects, which the government said it has executed in Bauchi, include the 63m dollars water project.
Also speaking, the Director Engineering Services, Bauchi Ministry of Works, Mohammed Hamisu Garba, explained that the infrastructural development was not focused on one area, but spread across all the geopolitical zones of the state.
Garba added that the accelerated development was meant to make life easier for the people of the state, while also boosting economic activities.
He added that ” the 13.5km Warji-Gwaram road completed, Boi-Taoshin road, the dualization of Awala Round About and Miri – Jos road, and many others have been completed”.
