NASARAWA STATE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL APPROVES ADOPTION OF TSA, OTHERS.
NasarawaReports - Ikpontu G.
The Nasarawa State Executive Council meeting held yesterday at Lafia highlighted series of programs, projects and decisions to be handled and implemented in the state. Amongst them is the approval to adopt the "Treasury Single Account" TSA in the state.

The meeting recorded the presence of Governor Tanko Almakura, His Deputy Silas Agara, the Secretary to the State Government, Honourable Commissioners in the state and the Acting Head of Service.

The deliberations of the meeting which lasted for hours was related to the press by Hon. Abdulhamid Kwarra, Commissioner of Information and also his colleagues from Health and Education.
Hon. Abdulhamid stated that the Council has approved 20billion for the recurrent and capital expenditure of MDAs, the conduct of Census for People living with disabilities, approval for the sale of State properties in Lagos, kaduna, Jos and few within the state, the approval to liquidate NIPDCI Limited and the appointment of Messer Cyber I System Network, which is aimed at improving the organisation of revenue collection and generation in the state.

He went further stating that the Council have also resolved to establish a Research and Outbreak Control Laboratory in the state, the approval to donate the new Lafia General Hospital to the University of Lafia for its college of medicine and teaching hospital and the establishment of Lafia Institute of Technical Education.

Moreso, the Council did resolve on the approval of engaging 2,140 Teachers to serve in Junior and Secondary Schools across Nasarawa State and the merger of 58 public secondary schools in the state.

Considerably, the council made provisional approvals to ratify some projects in the state, they include, the Lafia Golf Course, the award of contract for the construction of 1.3km asphalt road and 2span 30m reinforced concrete bridge from Keffi/Nasarawa highway through township stadium to Saura Village in Keffi LGA as well as the renovation of Command Secondary Schools, Science and Technical in Agwada Kokona LGA and Agwan Zaria in Akwanga LGA.

And finally, in the furtherance of a strategic social/cultural imposition, the council approved the construction 13 Multipurpose warehouses at the headquarters of all the 13 local governments in the state.