26 Nigerian Tribune
2011
Bosso spends NIOOm on market development
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HE Bosso Local Government Area of Niger State spent NIOOm on the construction of the Beji modern market to boost its internally generated revenue. Alhaji Bawa Beji, the local government chairman, disclosed this while conducting newsmen round the market at Beji. " Th e council expe nded N IOO million on establishing the Beji modern market; we focused on the project because it will serve as our major source of revenue," he said. He said that the money was expended on clear- . ing the site, fencing and constru ction of lock-up stores, open shops and the administrative block. The chairman explained that the market project was financed with the NlOO million special project grant allocated to each of the 25 local government councils by the state government. , " We chose Beji modern market as our own special project in order to increase our mternally generated revenue," he said', Beji said that in the past, the council gen-
era t e d b e tween N80 , OOO and N90,OOO per week but si nce the establishment of the market , its internal revenue had in creased to NI40,OOO per week. He said that al",
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HE Chairman of Lapai Local bid to improve , Gov'-ernment ' in though the market had not been formerl)rimiil- ' Area of Niger State, ac c ess of ' people to gurated , the council Alhaji Abdulkhadir medical care. Umar - tofd ,I;lewsdecided to allow bu s i- Umar , has said that council co n- men that thr ee 'bi the ness activities to com- th e mence following ap'- s tructed five primary clinics were cited at peals by people of the health clini cs for Dare , Gabi and Evuti , N50 million iast year wh il e the r e maining area . were located at T as h i bo a nd Gupa towns . Umar also said the council had expended N18.3 million on the sinking of boreholes , add i ng that some of them were motorised acroSs the council to reduce the hardship of the people in their quest for portable water. The chairman said the boreholes had greatly improved the access of people to
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.,.State, has donated two blocks ,of classrooms to his community, Wuselli. The councillor also inaugurated five culverts and a constituency office. Speaking at' )!. ceremony to inaugurate the . Yi Id mg ' proJects, described the area as " educationally disad van-
called on the state gover nment to establish
rainy season always af- ' primary and secondary fected the education of children in the area as
the councillor's initiative and pledged the ., d commumty s rea iness to help him to achieve his future dreams.
ESIDENTS of Sabon Gari area of Bwari, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have called for increased ,police patrol to ensure the security of lives and property. Some of the residents told newsmen that the increased acti vities of criminals in the area had 'become a source of concern. Mr ,Chuks Emordi, a civil servant, said the higb rate of armed rob-
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rivers and streams often Celestine Ihejirika, Mutari Ajuji, made,the as- resentation would create overflowed their banks Jalingo ,sertion while speaking room for speedy developand cut off the commuwith the Nigerian Tri- ment of the communities. nity from the rest of the ' 9UAL represe~~a- bune in Jalingo. The chairman said that state. ' tion of commuruties Ajuji explilined that vari- during the militarY only " I!'is possible to move ~ governance has ous communities across the few mdividuals were mduring the dry season, been described as the ' country were given the op- volved in the act of goverbut it is another trouble beauty of democracy. portunity to be represented nance, adding that in most altogether if the ' rains The chairman of the and express their opinions ' cases, the military men at the start."· . Peoples Democratic Party on relevant issues and he1msofaffairsonlyengaged The District Head of (PDP) in Gassol Local present problems for pos- their relations and friends Wuselli, Chief Government Area of .sible solutions. at the expense of the larger Emmanuel Goyang, Taraba . State, Alhaji He said that equal rep- society.
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taged" and called for the establishment of. more , secondary schools in the area. He urged the state government to establish educational institutions in ' the community. " Students here trek HE Jigaw~ State act long'ctistances to get to the tng prOject cosecondary schools in ordinator, I-tajiya Kabwir, Dawaki, Hadiza Giwa, said that Chigwong and Balang FADAMA fanners were to receive NI~m assistance villages. " We do not have sec- under the project to supondary schools in Wuselli port the'nine local governand this is seriously af- ment areas. She made the disclofecting our you ths; our students have to trek sev- sure while speaki)lg to the executive members of the FADAMA Users Associain the
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Hajiya Giwa noted that the co-ordination office would soon start disbursing the fund to the farmers to enable them to pursue some projects that would enhance their production and marketing. She explained that the first and second phases of FADAMA projects had contributed immensely to the agric)Jltural developof the state. ; !J{!
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the disbursement as early as possible," Giwa said. Inhis response, the new chairman of the association, Alhaji Muhammed Auwal, promised to work hand in gloves with the FADAMA ill co-ordination office to achieve the desire aims. .Auwal also vowed to ensure prompt payment of cqunterpart funds by all FADAMA users in the
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potable water and reduced th e spread of water borne disease s in th e l ocal government area . Umar a dd ed that the council would int e nsif y effo rt s toward impr ovi n g ac cess to potab le water supply because " im proved wa ter s uppl y will lead to improved healthc a re o f the people ; thi s i s an important pri o rit y for the council." On the ongoing vote r r e gistration, the local government chairman u rged the people to turn out in large number s so that they could exercise their c ivi c r esponsibility .
Bwari residents appeal for increased polire patrol
Councillor inaugurates M ~ildi~~,letu: new proJ-ects sc~~~:~~ ~:~::~ded
councillor in the Pankshin Local Government Area of Plateau
Lapai.expends N50m on clinics
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bery in th e area required immediate action from the security agencies to ensure the safety of residents . Mrs Grace Emmanuel, a trader, however complained about the lack of access roads, especially behind Deeper Life Bible Church in the area , stressing that the bad road impeded access to the area by police patrol vehicles . Emmanuel urged the chairman of th e area counci l, Mr Pet e r Yohanna, to assist in the construction of a direct access road to the area ,to ease movement" and aid rescue op"rations . It will be recalled that recently, there has been an increase in the incidence of robberies in the area , with robbers invading the three-bedroom flat of some ladi es and threa tening to harm th em . One of the victims said the robbers pre-. pared a meal of ' eba' in their kitchen and ate their soup . "They then knocked at OUf room windows, demanding for money and threa.t e ning to harm us. " It wa s one of our neighb o urs that assisted us by calling the police h elp lines which turned' the thie ves away at the so und of the siren," the victim
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