A’sha Biola Raji
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has shown satisfaction with the performance of the state’s 2020 budget in many sectors.
He said this on Wednesday while interacting with stakeholders at a townhall meeting in a bid to appraise 2020 budget while preparing ground 2021 budget in Sokoto.
The governor emphasized that his administration is currently engaged in the provision of portable drinking water to 600 rural communities. Others include soon to be constructed 500 kilometer feeder roads, fiscal discipline, construction of schools and primary health centers, synergy in security operations, enhancing girl child education as well as ongoing plans to provide mass transit service for intra-city and inter-city travels.
While enumerating the projects, Gov. Tambuwal stated that the state government will soon inaugurate a committee to ensure on how to safeguard the projects executed in various parts of the state in order to protect them from abuse and vandalization.
According to the governor, the state government will constitute a high profiled committee in every local government that will oversee projects executed by his administration in the respective communities.
He explained that the committee will be charged with the responsibility of ensuring proper use and maintenance of ongoing and completed projects in order to guard against vandalization.
