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POLITICS

Posted:  Thursday October 16, 2008


KDGH restructuring to gulp N2bn

From OGBOO CHINEDU, Kaduna
THE ongoing restructuring of Kaduna State Government House will gulped over two billion Naira. This was disclosed by the Special Adviser (Political) to the Governor of Kaduna State Alhaji Husaini Jalo.
He added that the contract for the construction of the structure has been awarded to the construction giant, Julius Berger Plc, and expected to be completed at the end of the first term of the present administration.
He refuted the allegation by some politicians that the Arc. Namdi Sambo administration is planning to relocate the state Government House from its present base to the Kaduna new city.
According to him, “there is no iota of truth about state government moving to the new city. The Kaduna State Government House permanently is based at Kashim Ibrahim house. So anybody that tells you that the state government is moving to the new city, does not even know how government exists.”
Reacting to the statement by some people that the government should have embarked on such expensive project that has no direct impact on the people of the state, Alhaji Hussaini stated that the present Kaduna State government house has been there since Lord Lugard. And that the state of Kaduna demands a befitting state government house.
“You know that Kaduna state has come of age to have a befitting state government house. We visit other states, we see the kind of structure they have as government house. Meanwhile Kaduna state used to be and is still the seat of the Nineteen Northern states and thus needs a befitting structure that is comparable to its status in the region and federation, Kaduna state till today houses the nineteen northern governors forum meeting.”
The special adviser further said that a good environment and condition of work enhances good planning and execution of projects and that “we have to move forward our society, we have to move forward our state. It does not mean that because we are developing people we would not develop the environment conducive for us to perform the duties for which we are elected and assigned to do. I think there should be a conducive environment so that the dividend of democracy can be able to flow to the people without any interruption.

 


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