Governor Fayemi commends APC ward congresses, commissions road in Niger

The Governor of Ekiti State in South West Nigeria, Dr Kayode Fayemi has commended the just concluded APC Ward Congress election across the Country.

Governor Fayemi, who is also the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum stated this during the commissioning of Bosso Estate 2.7 Kilometers road in Minna Niger state on Tuesday.

The Governor also commended his Niger state counterpart, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello for embarking on road developments across the local governments in the state despite limited resources available in the State.

 “It is a demonstration of what we have learnt from our principal President Muhammadu Buhari as he committed himself to infrastructural development which he has passed down to all of us to ensure that we resuscitate and rehabilitate any of the infrastructure within our”.

 “He hasn’t stop paying the entitlements of the civil servants, pensioners, he has not stopped rebuilding schools, he hasn’t stop working on the health sector”.

The Ekiti State Governor however commended other Governors in the Country for their tremendous efforts in achieving the yearnings of their people within the resources available to them.

“We meet, reflect and learn from one another which is why we have a forum to focus on peer learning to exchange ideas, there are things Niger state is doing much better than other states, we sent people down here to learn likewise others States. We share experience with all and that’s why we have been able to Improve collectively on governance situation in our country and things are getting better and more help is on the way”.

The Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello who mentioned that paucity of funds has been a major challenge in actualizing most projects in state, commended Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari for approving funds for various infrastructural development across states in the Country.

He said the commissioned Bosso Estate road project was part of the released fund by President Buhari to the state.

He however appreciated the Ekiti state Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi for honouring his invitation to commission one of the projects in the state.

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