Kogi state honourable Commissioner for works and housing, Engr Abubakar ohere has commends the state Governor yahaya Bello for the promptl disbursement of fund to contractors for the renovation and expansion work of Kogi State University, KSU teaching hospital and Idah specialist hospital. adsbygoogle || []).push({}); adsbygoogle || []).push({});

Engr Ohere made the commendation while leading an inspection team to the eastern senatorial district Thursday.

He said that the gesture was borne out of the Governor’s determination to ensure qualitative medical learning facilities and environment. He expressed satisfaction with the level and quality of work done so far.

Projects inspected include the completed work on the 31km Ibana-okpo ikeje Ogugu ete road constructed by Governor Yahaya Bello led Administration and that of 55.4km idah Ugwolawo, Ejule/Anyigba and Ankpa to Abejukolo as asphalt overlay commenced by *TEC Engineering Co Ltd are nearing completion stage.

At Ankpa, Engr. Ohere,expressed appreciation to the people of Ankpa for their hospitality and the cooperation with the contractor and the resident engineers, that led to the early completion of the township road projects assuring them of the Governor’s commitment to the completion of the little finishing works and prepare them for commissioning soon.

While at Ogugu, the commissioner also commended the giant stride of Governor Bello for the unprecedented approach deployed in tackling the menace of gully erosion across the state citing the 18 km Adum to Ogugu roads, okegbi, alasha communities all in Olamaboro Local Government Area of the state.

“The reclamation works over the devastated area are fully achieved with ongoing mitigation measures to stabilize the area for effective control . All the 18 kilometer roads inspected aside reclaimed gully are fitted with adequate drainage stone pitching and bioremediation works”, Engr. Ohere added.

He further said that, “Meanwhile, Anyigba Ejule-Idah final portions are undergoing surface dressing before final asphalt overlay.”

Addressing the contractor, the commissioner advised the company to consider essential drain works as they progress in to the town to give way for a stable finishing.

All these he said, are measures by the Governor Yahaya Bello administration towards positioning Kogi state as a megacity.

Observers are of the belief that given the pace of rapid development Kogi state is witnessing, Governor Bello may likely push Kogi to attain Megacity status even before the 2024 with this level of Infrastructural development.

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