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By: Monday Danladi, Bauchi
The Board and Management of the North-East Development Commission (NEDC) have been commended for embarking on people oriented development projects across the subregion.
The commendation was made by the House of Representatives Committee on North-East Development Commission (NEDC) during an inspection visit to ongoing projects in Bauchi state as part of its oversight functions.
The Committee led by its Chairman, Hon Usman Zannah also expressed satisfaction with some of the critical infrastructure being provided by the Commission in Bauchi State.
Chairman of the Committee, Usman Zannah observed that the North-East subregion has lots of expectations from the Commission in view of the infrastructural deficit, security and economic challenges.
He therefore urged the Federal Government to support NEDC with sufficient funds to enable it scale up its outreach across the subregion considering the devastating effect of years of insurgency it had suffered.
According to him, the Committee would facilitate provision of more legislative actions that would strengthen the activities of the Commission for effective service delivery.
While conducting Members of the Committee round some of the projects in Alkaleri and Kirfi Local Government Area, the Managing Director/CEO of NEDC, Mohammed Goni Alkali said that the projects embarked upon across the Northeastern states are in line with the determination to improve the quality of lives of the people.
He said that the Commission is closedly working to supervising all the Projects in order to ensure that they succeeded and executed according to specifications and contractual agreements.
Mohammed Alkali also said that all the Projects are very strategic to the growth and development of Bauchi State and its people assuring that the Commission will do its best to ensure timely completion of all the projects.
Some of the projects inspected include the ongoing construction of the 53km Kirfi-Gombe Abba road linking Bauchi and Gombe State, reconstruction of three bridges at kalajanga, Bara and Tashan Turmi Bridges along Bauchi to Gombe highway.
NEDC projects in Bauchi state include construction of Institute of
Ophthalmology Complex in Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital
(ATBUTH) Bauchi, rehabilitation of
Shira Healthcare -in Alkaleri LGA, completion of community Healthcare center in Dagudi, Alkaleri LGA, construction of surgical ward and equipping, rehabilitation/ skills acquisition of National Obstetrics Center in Ningi.
Others are construction and equipping of a triage (medical emergency complex) center at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, reconstruction of culverts and
drainage along Alkaleri-Futuk Road, Construction of Kirfi-Gombe
Abba Road – Kirfi Gombe, Establishment of 3 new forestry nurseries with general
silvicultural services through: Drilling of solar powered boreholes, reticulation of water supply, chain-link fencing of
borehole areas in each of the new Nurseries in Yashi (Alkaleri
LGA), Bogoro LGA, Bununu (Tafawa
Balewa LGA) and Kafin Madaki (Ganjuwa LGA).
The NEDC also embarked on Construction of Input Stores, Toilets, Security Posts, Nursery Sheds and
Perimeter chain-link Fencing at Three Nursery sites in Bauchi, Jama’re, Darazo, and Nabordo in Toro LGA as well as Drilling of 6’’ diameter (350m) API borehole with solar hybrid accessories,
construction of overhead tank
and provision of water points on
concrete slab – Daguri, Alkaleri LGA.
There is also Drilling of 6’’ diameter (350m) api borehole with solar hybrid accessories, construction of overhead tank and provision of water points on
concrete slab – Yashi, Alkaleri LGA, Drilling of 6’’ diameter (350m) API borehole with solar hybrid accessories,
construction of overhead tank and provision of water points on concrete slab at Kunkar, Alkaleri LGA.
Drilling of 6’’ diameter (350m) api borehole with solar hybrid accessories,
construction of over head tank and provision of water points on concrete slab – GSSS Darazo, Darazo LGA, Drilling of 6’’ diameter (350m) api borehole
with solar hybrid accessories,
construction of overhead tank
and provision of water points on
concrete slab -Dogon jeji, Jama’are LGA and Establishment of ICT Training
Center – Abubakar Tatari Ali
Polytechnic Bauchi.
It also Established an ICT Training
Center at Bauchi State University –
Gadau Campus, SAZUG, Itas
/Gadau LGA, Establishment of ICT Training Center College of Legal and
Islamic Studies, Misau, Construction of
2 Blocks of 12 Classrooms each
for secondary school – Bauchi LGA, Bauchi south senatorial district of Bauchi state (NEDC Mega School,
Bauchi LGA) and Construction of
administrative block, 4 units of
2-bedroom semidetached staff
quarters and other buildings
(Commercial center, gate house
and fence) – Bauchi LGA,
Bauchi south senatorial district
of Bauchi state. (NEDC Mega
School, Bauchi LGA).
Ongoig is the Construction of
2 blocks of 12 Classrooms each
for primary school – Bauchi
LGA, Bauchi south senatorial
district of Bauchi state. (NEDC Mega
School, Bauchi LGA), Construction of
2 Blocks of 12 Classrooms each
for secondary school – Ningi LGA, Bauchi central senatorial district of Bauchi State. NEDC Mega
School, Ningi LGA.
Construction of administrative block, 4 units of 2-bedroom semidetached staff
quarters and other buildings (Commercial center, gate house
and fence) – Ningi LGA, Bauchi
central senatorial district of
Bauchi state. (NEDC Mega
School, NINGI LGA), Construction of
2 blocks of 12 Classrooms each
for primary school – Ningi LGA,
Bauchi central senatorial district
of Bauchi state. (NEDC Mega
School, Ningi LGA), Construction of
2 Blocks of 12 Classrooms each
for secondary school – Giade
LGA, Bauchi north senatorial
district of Bauchi state. (NEDC Mega
School Giade, Giade LGA), Construction of administrative block, 4 units of 2-bedroom semidetached staff
quarters and other buildings
(Commercial center, gate house
and fence) – Giade LGA, Bauchi
north senatorial district of
Bauchi state. (NEDC Mega
School Giade, Giade LGA).
The rest are Construction of 2 blocks of 12 Classrooms each for primary school – Giade LGA, Bauchi north senatorial district of Bauchi state. (NEDC Mega
School Giade, Giade LGA, Rehabilitation of food science technology, Mechanical engineering department and a twin lecture theatre – Federal Polytechnic
Bauchi, Construction of fire station in Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi, Bauchi state – Gubi campus,
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Renovation of
NEDC temporary Bauchi state
office – NEDC Temporary Office,
Bauchi LGA, Construction of
NEDC Bauchi State – Adjacent
V.I.O office, along Bauchi Jos Road,
Bauchi and Construction of
forty-eight (48) shops, mosque,
two (2) blocks of toilets, one (1)
restaurant, two (2) sheds, one
(1) water outlet, gate house
with security posts and one (1)
solar powered borehole – Soro cattle
market in Ganjuwa LGA.