No Part Of Kebbi Denied Critical Projects – Commissioner

Kebbi State commissioner for Information and Culture, Yakubu Ahmed Birnin Kebbi, has said no part of the state has been denied critical projects by the incumbent administration.

At a news conference held at Government House in Birnin Kebbi, yesterday, the commissioner listed 46 projects executed or initiated by the administration of Governor Nasir Idris, from 2023 to date, which he said had benefitted residents across the state.

According to him, the completed and ongoing projects include the dualisation of the Birnin Kebbi–Ambursa Road, the first phase of the modern secretariat complex, the rehabilitation of Yauri township roads and the reconstruction of the modern Kebbi State Motor Park in Birnin Kebbi.

Others include the construction of a fuel dump at Sir Ahmadu Bello International Airport (SABIA), Ambursa; the construction of the airport’s main gate approach wall and fence and the provision of drainage systems and culverts at Government House, Birnin Kebbi.

The commissioner also listed the dualisation of the Argungu old bypass road through General Hospital, Tafida House and Sokoto Road; emergency repairs and erosion control works in Gayi and Diggi towns in Kalgo Local Government Area; and the construction of shoulders along a 21-kilometre stretch from the AP-2 Roundabout to the MOPOL Barracks Roundabout on the Sani Abacha Bypass in Birnin Kebbi metropolis.

He added that emergency flood-damage repairs at Dugama village, along the Makera–Kangiwa Road, were being carried out in two phases.

Among the ongoing projects, Birnin Kebbi listed the construction of the Kamba–Kwakkwaba–Sarfu–Banizumbu Road, the reconstruction of the Koko–Mahuta–Dabai Road and the dualisation of Abdulsalami Road in Jega Local Government Area.

Others include the civil works for an extension of the new Governor’s Office in Birnin Kebbi, the construction of a new lodge office building in Sokoto and the rehabilitation of Ahmadu Bello Way in the state capital.

The commissioner also identified newly awarded projects, including the construction of the Police Cottages–Nagari Science College Road in Birnin Kebbi; access roads and drainage systems at Bayan Tasha; the rehabilitation of the Bunza–Makera Junction Road; and the rehabilitation of the Birnin Lafiya–Gulma–Natsini Road.

He further listed the construction of access roads and drainage systems behind Azbir in Birnin Kebbi metropolis among the newly awarded projects.

Birnin Kebbi called on residents to re-elect Governor Idris in 2027 to enable his administration to continue its development projects across the state.