{"id":60940,"date":"2018-02-22T21:10:56","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T20:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=60940"},"modified":"2018-02-22T21:10:56","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T20:10:56","slug":"sokoto-partners-world-bank-on-500km-rural-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/sokoto-partners-world-bank-on-500km-rural-roads\/","title":{"rendered":"Sokoto partners World Bank on 500km rural roads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sokoto state government has signed an agreement with the World Bank for<br \/>\nthe construction of 500km rural roads across the state.<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed by the state commissioner of finance, Malam Saidu Umar,<br \/>\nin a statement issued to reporters in Sokoto Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement covers different locations spread across the three<br \/>\nsenatorial zones of Sokoto State.<\/p>\n<p>We have kept to our part of the bargain by releasing our counterpart<br \/>\nfund. Were awaiting the arrival of the team from the World Bank to<br \/>\nfinalise other details of the agreement.<\/p>\n<p>We hope to identify the roads together with their team and agree on the<br \/>\ntime-frame for execution, the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>The commissioner said the Aminu Waziri Tambuwal administration decided to<br \/>\nkey into the World Banks Rural Access Mobility Project (RAMP) so as to<br \/>\nimprove transport conditions, by opening up rural areas in all parts of<br \/>\nthe state.<\/p>\n<p>He added that one of the cardinal objectives of the present administration<br \/>\nis to provide projects and services that would stand the test of time.<br \/>\nWe hope to see to the execution of the project as soon as possible, he<br \/>\nadded.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sokoto state government has signed an agreement with the World Bank for the construction of 500km rural roads across the state. 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