The Bauchi state Governor, Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar who was on President Muhammadu Buhari’s entourage to a World Nuclear Energy Conference, in the United States, told news men on arrival in Abuja, said that the reconstruction programme is coming after fruitful talks between President Buhari and President Barak Obama as well as other leaders in the US.
He said that the leaders have assured Nigeria of the readiness of the United States to contribute to the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the crises-plagued region.
As neighbors with close historical, cultural and other social ties, “whatever affects Borno, Yobe and Adamawa naturally affects Bauchi state,” the Governor said.
He disclosed that there are over two million estimated internally displaced persons in Bauchi state since the outbreak of the insurgency in the northeastern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states and the crisis in Plateau state.
The Governor said the planned reconstruction and rehabilitation programme covers infrastructure like schools, hospitals and roads as well as the economy.
Governor Mohammed Abdullahi while acknowledging the pains that the change agenda of the present administration has brought to the people, urged citizens of the state to cooperate with the government as the policies will soon begin to bear fruitful results.
He explained that the incidence of ghost workers in government payroll which is being used to siphon government treasury is not only peculiar to Bauchi state, stressing that paucity of funds to execute meaningful projects in government coffers necessitated the workers’ verification exercise.
He therefore solicited for continuous support and prayers.
Governor Mohammed assured that with the passage of the 2016 budget and his assent, the State will begin to see change in the distribution of social infrastructures and improved economic activities within available resources to the government. [myad]
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