The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday made a positive overall assessment of the 7 and a half years of the administration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) under him, declaring that the ruling party has delivered on all electoral promises made to Nigerians at all levels.
While, speaking yesterday at the palace of the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, which he also inaugurated as part of his one-day official visit to Kogi State, Buhari said good progress had been made in the revival the Ajaokuta Steel Complex, located in the state.
He pointed out that the complex, which had cost the federal government over $400 million to revamp, was ready for concession to a private investor, who will manage it for the country.
The president also hailed the APC government of Yahaya Bello, after inaugurating a Reference Hospital in Okene and other projects executed by the state government. He commended the Kogi State governor for the various projects, saying, “If one wants to see everything here, he will get lost.”
Buhari said at the palace of the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, ‘We are an administration that prides ourselves on the fulfillment of our electoral promises to the Nigerian people, at both national and sub-national levels. This is why I am glad that we have an impressive array of legacy projects through your own state government as proof of our stewardship of Kogi State.’
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‘I am impressed by the performance of Governor Yahaya Bello. He has done very well in the area of security and projects execution in Kogi State. We are proud of him and we urge him to do more for the people.
‘I am appealing to the people of Kogi State to support him so that he can achieve and deliver more dividends of democracy.’
The president said at the Reference Hospital, Okene, ‘I have been briefed by Yahaya and his team on the myriad of projects we would have loved to commission for you across the state, including the brand new Confluence University of Science and Technology’.
(CUSTECH) at Osara, the Confluence Rice Mills at Ejiba, the various township roads network at Idah, Okene, and Kabba, and intra-state roads in the three senatorial zones, massive erosion works at Ankpa, Ogugu, and other places, as well as other roads, hospitals, schools, and sundry vital infrastructure.
‘The APC administration has indelible footprints in Kogi State. Among the many projects executed by the federal government are: the Itakpe to Okene bypass, the Obajana to Kabba concrete road built by Dangote Industries Limited under our ‘roads for taxes initiate’ (Executive Order 7) and the Itakpe to Warri railway service, among others.
‘I am very pleased to be here today to commission several projects executed by the administration of His Excellency, Governor Yahaya Bello.’
Buhari spoke of the determination of his administration to position Kogi State as an industrial hub as well as a solid minerals power base. He took time to explain how the federal government achieved the resolution of all legal entanglements that had bogged down the progress of the Ajaokuta Steel Complex, adding that the project stands to benefit the people of the state immensely.
Buhari added that Kogi State also stood to benefit in diverse ways when the 614 kilometres (384 mile) AKK gas pipeline, which traverses the state, starts operation next year.