President Bola Tinubu has assured that Nigerians will soon achieve food sufficiency, saying his programmes and projects are working out to ensure that this is achieved.
The president, at the groundbreaking ceremony of the 84-kilometer Bida to Minna road in Kakakpagi, Katcha local government area of the state, called on state governors to support his administration’s agricultural revolution and food security plan.
According to him, if the state governors can adopt this, it will relieve the citizens of the current hardship that they are experiencing and ensure that they have sufficient food.
The president stated that, in spite of “enormous challenges,” he was fulfilling his campaign pledge to make Nigeria self-sufficient, and he was represented by Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation.
He applauded the Niger State governor for initiating several development initiatives, stating that these steps are consistent with the directives he issued to subnationals to assist the federal government in easing the difficulties the populace faces.
”For governments at all levels to grow, there must be cordial relationships. The Federal Government will support Niger to ensure that the desired prosperity is derived. Road construction will save lives and create avenues for greater economic development,” the president said.
The Niger state governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, said that his administration has commenced the construction of over 1000 kilometres of road across the country, adding that the road construction would be completed in due time.
He said that those waiting for the failure of the road projects will wait in vain, as the administration has put all the machinery in place to ensure the projects do not fail.
To this end, he disclosed that his administration has secured N500 billion to construct the roads, stressing that nothing would stop the completion of the roads.
“Today is historic to us; as a state, this road has been here and followed for too long. This road is sponsored and financed by both the Islamic Development Bank, Abu Dhabi, and the Niger State government.
“The Islamic Development Bank and Abu Dhabi Fund have provided 100 percent funding for this project. For your information, all the 1000 km of roads we have commenced have gotten N500 billion in funding.
“And above all, I want to especially thank Mr. President for his magnanimity in granting the tax credit scheme to continue. From this venue, I can tell you boldly that the tax credit scheme has awarded road contracts from Minna to Kontagora funded 100 percent; today we have awarded contracts from Bida to Zungeru funded 100 percent; and the continuation of the road that has started from Lapai to Mokwa has already been funded 100 percent,” he stated.
The governor stated that the road projects are encapsulated in his administration pact with Nigerlites under the New Niger Agenda, adding that the road projects across the state that the government has embarked on can create three million direct and indirect jobs.
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