A nongovernmental organization, Bauchi state Networking and Civil
Society Organization has advocated increase in the 2017 budget allocation to
education and health sectors to fast track development from the grass root. The
program officer of the organization MR. ROWANOHU
made the journey and advocacy visit to the commissioner ministry for local
government affairs MR. NERODI MOHAMMED
in his office.
According to the correspondent who said that MR. AROWANOHU states the need to
allocate 25% of the budget to education and 15% to health sector as well as
timely release of the fund for proper implementation, he expressed concern on
the concentration of the teachers and health personnel in urban areas and call
for sporting of staff, schools and health facilities in the rural area. The battling
chairman MR. JINJIRI GARUBA told the
Commissioner the main cause of the advocacy visit. According to MR. JINJIRI GARUBA who said that it is
only twenty local governments are under His administration and their rural
people are living within the local government and when they are satisfied that
their welfare are being improved, then they will have no problem.
The commissioner for local government affairs BARRISTER NURUDI MOHAMMED pledged
commitment to support it to achieve the mandate. According to him, he said that
the health sector is priority to the administration of his Excellency BARRISTER ABUBAKAR, so the exhibition
is noted and they would be taken to the appropriate authority for further improvement. BARRISTER NURUDI MOHAMMED stated that
the state government had allocated sixteen help hands to the health sector in
his budget and set up a committee for referential of the education sector.
On the other hand, the Cross River state government had again
pledged to the federal government to fast track the necessary approval for the state
signature project to commence. The appeal was made by the commissioner for
information and orientation MRS. ROSE
MARY ACHIBONG during a news briefing in Calabar.
According to the correspondence of the event who said that MRS. ROSE MARY ACHIBONG points out that
the signature project which includes: The
Bakasi Deep Sea Port and the Super Harry project had been installed
sometimes by the other federal government agencies. Even after the state had met
all regulatory and environmental impact assessment requirements; other major
project that would have expound the commercial rising of the Cross River state
far beyond boundaries of the country Nigeria are the Deep Sea Port And Super Harry project and every effort had been
put in place to ensure that these project meet the approval of the Federal
government; but somehow, we have had these project installed over times but
different reasons, and the state government had not reference to His aughts.
The information missioner maintains that the state government
was fully aware of the need to strike the balance between development and
environmental preservation. She resisted that failure to get the approval would
leave the state below choice of explore other options open to it through the
Nigerian Constitution. According to the information missioner who said that she
is appealing to the federal government to grant their approval not later than
end of march 2017. She said that they want to continue with the project, in a short
time according to her, many people will settle and Cross River State is a place
for sovereignties downpour. Government spokes person stressed that the land
used out of 1978 empowers state governors to appropriate land within their
territories for developmental project that would be of benefit to the
citizenry.
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