The Sokoto State Government completed 23 road projects\u00a0 at the cost of N7.9 billion between 2007 and now, the Governor, Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko, said on Monday.<\/p>\n
Wamakko made\u00a0 the statement at Fanare in Wamakko Local Government Area when his Kano State counterpart, Dr Rabi\u2019u Kwankwaso, inaugurated the 14km Fanare -Lokobi -Yarume road.<\/p>\n
The ceremony was part of Kwankwaso’s one-day official visit to Sokoto State.<\/p>\n
Wamakko said the road was constructed by the state government at the cost of N944.7 million, adding that the government was currently constructing additional 43 roads at the cost of N17.1 billion.<\/p>\n
He said: \u2019\u2019the emphasis of this administration since 2007 has been the opening up the most difficult and inaccessible areas of the state.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2019Roads, just like other social infrastructure, boost the socio-economic development of the people and enhance good governance.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
Wamakko urged contractors in the state to execute projects on schedule and according to specifications.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2019Any default in the handling of contracts by any contractor will be viewed with serious dismay and will surely be to the detriment of the affected contractors.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2019 All of us, including the contractors, must be diligent, committed, patriotic and God-fearing . We must all work fast toward the provision of social services to the people,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n
Kwanakwaso described the relationship between Kano and Sokotostates as cordial and promised that it would be sustained.<\/p>\n
Kwankwaso said that the two states were bound by culture, religion, commerce and trade.<\/p>\n
He said Wamakko had transformed the state to an enviable level.<\/p>\n
He urged other governors to give priority to the delivery of social services to the people and stressed that “this is the essence of governance.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
Sokoto State Commissioner for Works, Alhaji Umaru Nagwari, said the PDP-led administration in the state was committed to uplifting the living standard of the people.\u00a0 (NAN)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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