Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni yesterday said his administration would complete all ongoing projects for the benefit of the people of the state.
Buni spoke while inspecting the Yobe International Cargo Airport as well as the Damaturu-Kalallawa Dual carriageway, the 3.3-kilometer Pompomari ward road and the Don Etiebet Estate road projects.
The governor said: “Our administration is an administration of continuity and consolidation, and in our determination to improve on the living conditions of our people, we’ll complete all ongoing projects.
“I want to call on all contractors handling all ongoing projects to ensure speedy completion and strict adherence to specifications. We don’t want any obstruction or delays in delivering the projects, especially as the contractors themselves have confirmed that their payments are being made as and when due.”
The permanent secretary, Ministry of Works, Transport and Energy, Mallam Abdullahi Jawa, who conducted Buni and his deputy, Idi Barde Gubana, round the projects, put the cargo airport project’s completion at 59 percent.
The permanent secretary said the state government had so far paid 61 percent of the total project cost to the contractor.
He also put the 25.5km Damaturu-Kalallawa Dual carriageway project’s completion at 65 percent; the 5.7km Don Itiebet Estate Road , 99.6 percent and the 3.3-km Pompomari ward road, 98 percent.
