Hon. Members would recall that capital expenditure in the 2009 Appropriation Law constituted
over 64% of the total approved estimates, a significant proportion of which was meant for the
completion or continuation of several ongoing projects.

Rhino.5dm:

@ 13 volts
kai ma'aikacin gwamnati ne ko?

ndu_chucks:

dege PR department ne

Despite some initial set-backs, Hadejia – Garun Gabas road is also progressing very steadily to
be completed during the year. In addition to these, contracts for six new road projects traversing
a distance of 205 kilometers were awarded during the year at a cost of about N13 billion all of
which have been mobilized and are now ongoing.

ekt_bear:

Man. . . is it really this cheap to build roads in Nigeria?

Which by my calculations is less than $700,000 per mile. Why on earth are major roads in the SW and most of Nigeria so poor? Very annoying.

ekt_bear:

Man. . . is it really this cheap to build roads in Nigeria?

Which by my calculations is less than $700,000 per mile. Why on earth are major roads in the SW and most of Nigeria so poor? Very annoying.

J12:


Maybe Vehicular movements in the state is very little due to the high rate of poverty, So the roads rarely get damaged.

13volts:

every year the best 100 students in WAEC are sponsored to Egypt to study medicine, just as emphasis is also given to local students.

ekt_bear:

Why Egypt? Why not a medical school in Nigeria? Would be cheaper.

13volts:


is just like asking why on earth shud GEJ send ex militants to USA or Ghana for vocational training only for them to be repatriated

13volts:


is just like asking why on earth shud GEJ send ex militants to USA or Ghana for vocational training only for them to be repatriated

ekt_bear:

But in both cases, it is dumb and a waste of money, no? Take your 100 best WAEC students and send them to do medical training locally

13volts:


in the east you must pay the locals before you even start any road project, you must provide security for the expatriate worker. all this add to cost. while here in the north, the land is given free by the locals for any project to be sited in their area

vehicular movement btw major towns are as busy as any average state in the south. Jos - Bauchi road, Kano - Kaduna road. Sokoto - Birnin kebbi road are always busy.

J12:

How many people drive vehicles in Jigawa state?

greateros:

@13volt

On your pix post in page 1, [pix no. 10] there are numerous almajiris roaming the street with their plates, what is your governor doing about rehabilitating them.

That pix will discourage any investor from coming to invest in your state.

You know very well that the almajiri syndrome is one of the major reasons why investors shy away from investing in the north.

ekt_bear:

@jmaine: Watch the video and see how Lamido is aggressively planting trees.

Probably the best way to fight the desert is to plant trees/other plants to hold the soil and to hope that electricity comes online so firewood becomes less attractive.

Your correct Bruv  and thanks for the update i somehow missed . . . .  Lamido is the man , am impressed by his vision and tenacity to bring development to his people  . .Wow!! . . but the bobo no show us the 5 million trees na  ( Just being a typical naughty nairalander here) lolz . .

Beaf:

They certainly no almajiri's and no plates in the pix.

There was a plate (blue) in the video towards the end( 27:22 seconds)  . .but the little chap was smart enough to hide his tool when he realized it wasn't good for the video 

otokx:

I have not seen any impressive buildings here. Why are our politicians scared of building massive skyscrapers? Look at the quality of that nursing school gate then look at the bungalow buildings inside - what a shame?