Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has urged people at local government levels
to closely monitor all state government projects in their localities, and
report any delay or circumvention of laid down procedures by contractors
and their supervisors.
A statement issued by Tambuwal’s spokesman, Malam Imam Imam, said the
Governor spoke in Sokoto during a meeting with the 23 local government
chairmen.
“Since these projects are meant to benefit the communities directly, our
people should endeavour to be at the forefront of protecting them. The
contractors are on site and the supervisors have been doing a good job of
monitoring the progress of the projects, but I want to urge the people to
take the lead in ensuring quality is maintained,” the statement quoted the
Governor as saying.
Tambuwal said various projects are presently ongoing in various sectors
like health, education and agriculture, and government will do more to meet
the yearnings and aspirations of the people.
While urging the local government councils to be prudent in expenditure
considering the precarious financial situation in the country, the Governor
urged them to look within by diversifying revenue sources.
“We need to double our efforts in enhancing internal revenue in the state.
The local councils have an important role to play in that regard,” he added.
The meeting, which had in attendance the state Commissioner for Local
Government and Community Development, Alhaji Mannir Dan’iya, discussed
plans to boost enrollment in schools as well as budgets for the 23 local
government areas of the state.