Giwa LGC invests N300m on projects – Scribe

Giwa LGC invests N300m on projects – Scribe
By Mohammed Lawal
Projects
Giwa (Kaduna State), Nov. 29, 2018 (NAN) The Giwa Local Government Council of Kaduna State says it is investing more than N300 million on the execution of developmental projects across the area.
The Secretary of the council, Alhaji Usman Isma’il, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at Giwa, headquarters of the local government.
He said the council would spend the amount on electrification of villages, rehabilitation of classrooms in primary schools and construction of new ones, construction of bridges to connect villages as well as construction of drains and culverts, among others.
Isma’il assured that the projects, which were ongoing, would be completed by December ending to pave way for the take-off of new ones.
“The Chairman of the council, Alhaji Abubakar Lawal, has cleared many roads in the bush and embarked on building bridges to link villages that never dream of testing the dividends of democracy.
“These people are not only happy but they are overjoyed by the projects because they were hungry for the projects for more than 20 years.
“Education is one of the topmost priorities of the council, when we came onboard, the chairman realised that our children didn’t have enough classrooms and he immediately embarked on rehabilitation of 20 and construction of 10 new classrooms,” he said.
Isma’il added that in order to give other students a sense of belonging, the council had initiated and disbursed bursary allowances to Giwa indigenes studying in various tertiary institutions across the country.
The secretary also lauded Gov. Nasiru el-Rufa’i for giving local government councils the autonomy to execute different developmental projects that would satisfy the yearnings and aspirations of the common people especially rural dwellers.
“The Kaduna State Government is doing a lot to ensure that people live in peace with one another especially here in Giwa local government; we highly appreciate his support and encouragement.
“The governor allows the current council chairmen across the state to execute different developmental projects of choice without any restriction,” he said.
He said the council had already mapped out strategy to build an orphanage home to cater for orphans and the less privileged in the society.
The scribe explained that the proposed orphanage would give hope to the hopeless, to accommodate the orphans and less privileged so that they could also feel as citizens.
On crises that engulfed the area recently, Ismail said the chairman was doing his best to reconcile the two factions.
“The issue of security is not only restricted to Nigeria, it is now a global phenomenon, our council was recently affected where herdsmen/farmers clash led to lose of lives.
“The chairman himself led the funeral of about seven people, we thank Almighty God that the chairman in collaboration with the state government were able to restore peace.
“The chairman immediately alerted the security including the military and the police who effectively brought the situation under control.
“Apart from that, the chairman separately invited the two factions for possible dialogue, this actually yielded positive results and facilitated subsequent meetings on four different occasions,” he said.
According to him, the result of the dialogue had reduced the hatred between the rivals, thereby resulting in prevailing peace in the area.
The secretary appealed for maximum support and cooperation from all and sundry to enable the council effectively and holistically deliver more dividends of democracy.
He also called on residents to massively vote for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the upcoming presidential, gubernatorial and legislative elections to take Nigeria to greater level. (NAN)
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Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola