The Executive Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has expressed disappointment over the exclusion of federal roads in the state from the list of roads to be reconstructed and rehabilitated under the 2022 federal budget.
Gobernor Bello expressed his displeasure while responding to questions during the Media Roundtable at the 29th edition of Nigeria Media Merit Award (NMMA) at the Government House, Lokoja.
The governor decried why the federal roads in the state were repeatedly considered as non-viable economically in spite of the strategic location of the state.
He noted that the Abuja-Lokoja road alone was strategic, but had defied completion since the administration of the former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
The governor highlighted some efforts that his administration had made to ensure the completion of the road and other federal roads within the state.
According to him, he had visited the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, several times to draw attention to the state of federal roads in Kogi, which were key to the economic growth of the nation.
The governor further decried the seeming lack of commitment to the revival of the Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited (ASCL), stressing that efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari’ to make real impact on the lives of Nigerians should not be sabotaged.
Earlier, the Chairman of the NMMA BoT, Dr Haroun Adamu, noted that the objective of the roundtable was to enumerate the achievements of the NMMA over the years and consolidate on them.
Adamu stressed that the media industry remained “a venturous“ with journalists not sure of their fate when on duty.
