Bauchi state Commissioner of Information and Communications, Dr Ladan Salihu has declared that the
present PDP led administration has within the first 100 days in office taken the bold steps of fulfilling all its campaign promises to the people of the state.
Ladan Salihu made the declaration when he featured as a guest on AIT political program ‘Democracy in Focus’ as monitored by our correspondent during which he explained the achievements so far recorded by the Governor Bala Abdulkadir Muhammed led PDP administration.
Ladan Salihu stressed that the Governor had within his first 100 days in office touched almost every sector of the state in terms of development pointing out that the administration flagged off roads construction of about 90 kilometres spread across the state with 50 percent payment to the contractors.
He further explained that Bauchi state has over 1.3 million out-of-school children, the highest in the country, and over 2 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) due to insurgency ravaging neighbouring States.
He added that the Governor further embarked on the rehabilitation and reconstruction of educational facilities across the state by renovating dilapidated schools and constructing new schools including an ICT model school by UBEC.
Other parts of the achievements according to the Commissioner is the renovation and upgrading of health facilities across the state, managing security and provision of potable drinking water as well as Agriculture among others.
Ladan Salihu boasts that Bauchi state has experience infrastructural development due to the political will of the state governor, which according to him was borne out of his desire for good governance and rule of law.
He said if the Bala Abdulkadir Muhammed led administration can achieve such viable projects within 100 days, the Commissioner affirms that Bauchi state has set the pace for other states to emulate.
The Commissioner concluded that with the calibre of the members of the State Executive Council, the first four years of Governor Bala Muhammed, Bauchi state will be a safe haven for investors and other donor agencies to operate.