Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello has assured citizens that his administration will sustain ongoing developmental projects across the state despite the second wave of COVID-19.
Bello who stated this on Friday in his New Year broadcast to the people of the state maintained that his administration has never allow COVID-19 determine affairs in the state.
Bello said despite the challenges in the education sector especially with prolonged strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU); Kogi worked hard to ensure that students of tertiary institutions made sufficient progress.
The governor hinted of the formal opening of the Confluence University of Science and Technology which was founded last month to beef up capacity to produce and scale both manpower and investments in Sciences, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics disciplines, especially Infotech and Artificial Intelligence.
In the area of health, the governor said his administration has been able to maintain normal services in all hospitals while advanced steps have been taken to reopen the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja which was closed following community unrest.
He also mentioned the 600-bed Reference Hospital at Okene, and two General Hospitals – one at Ajaokuta and the other at Gegu-Beki.
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According to him, with the return of expatriates who left sites due to the COVID-19 guidelines, roads such as the Idah-Ajaka-Umomi-Ejule to Ayingba roads are now fully reactivated.
Yahaya Bello also said the Project Light Up Kogi East has continued to move forward with armored cabling across the Itobe bridge as well as massive installations and rehabilitation of distribution lines across the 9 local government areas in Kogi East.
According Bello, contract for the Ganaja flyover will commence in the first quarter of 2021, adding that marking of structures to be affected for compensation is already completed.
On the economic front, the governor noted that Kogi State did well in the area of financial transparency and accountability, adding that the state scored 100% in the 2019 Annual Performance Assessment of Nigerian states under the states’ fiscal transparency, accountability, and sustainability.
In the area of security, he said his administration continues to be a shining light, adding that Kogi state has been held up as examples for other to emulate by sundry security agencies, including recently by the Nigerian Army Special Forces Battalion”.
While wishing people of the state a happy and prosperous New Year, Bello solicited their support and cooperation to enable his administration deliver more dividends of democracy to them.
( Editor: Omor Bazuaye)
