Worried by the volume of either completed but yet-to-be-commissioned for public use or completely abandoned Constituency projects by members of the National Assembly over the years spread across the state, Bauchi State House of Assembly has adopted a motion calling on the Executive arm to liaise with appropriate Federal agencies for the commissioning or completion of such projects.
The development was consequent upon a motion moved by the Member representing Sade Constituency, Hon. Lawal Dauda, calling on the Executive Arm of Government to initiate the process of liaising with the National Assembly to commission abandoned Constituency Projects executed by former members of the National Assembly.
Leading debate on the motion, Hon Lawal Dauda said that there are constituency projects lying idle across the 20 Local Government Areas since 2003 to date, therefore, there is a need for the Government to embark on initiating the process of commissioning these projects for the benefit of the people.
According to him, the State has benefitted from the huge amount of constituency projects ranging from schools, maternity, clinics, dispensaries centres, ICT centres, Federal Training Institutions, Town Hall Centres, and lots more, and some of these facilities are at completion level or already completed while others are dilapidated while some are vandalized.
He added that, more worrisome, some of the infrastructures are completed, and stocked with modern facilities but remained all along under lock and key.
He stressed that “Thus, it is in the interest of peace and to sustain the Government policy of bringing dividends of democracy to the grassroots that I decided to move this motion so that the projects will be put to proper use.”
He, therefore urged that the House should mandate all Members to, as a matter of urgency, forward details of all Constituency Projects lying idle in
their constituency to the House so that the same will be forwarded to the State Government to liaise with the relevant Authorities at the Federal level and the National Assembly with a view to commissioning and handing over all the Constituency Projects lying idle across the 20 Local Government Areas since 2003 to date to the relevant Bauchi State Government Agencies for the benefit of the people of the State.
The Speaker, Abubakar Y Suleiman, commended the Member for moving the motion because there are several projects executed by the Members of the National Assembly lying without properly being put to use.
Also contributing, Hon. Dr. Nasiru Ahmed Ala representing Madara/Chinade Constituency, said that the motion was timely and important. However, the mover of the motion should have searched out the projects and attached the list with the motion.
However, the Speaker said that since he could not do that, the Members could list such projects in their Constituencies as the mover requested in the motion.
Hon Musa Wakili Nakwada, representing Bogoro Constituency, said that there are a lot of uncompleted projects. Therefore, it is also good to initiate the process of completion of uncompleted projects then Commissioning will follow.
He said that in Bogoro Constituency, there is the electrification of Bogoro to Gobbiya and a rural road project initiated by a former Member of the National Assembly, but the projects are uncompleted. Thus, the motion was timely.
Hon Bala Abdullahi Dan, representing Duguri/Gwana Constituency, said that the Members of the State House of Assembly can liaise with the current Members of the National Assembly, especially returning Members, to have the projects completed and commissioned.
Hon Sa’idu Suleiman Darazo, representing Darazo Constituency, said that the House can write to the National Assembly to draw its attention to the completed and uncompleted projects so that they can be completed and put to use.
He said there are examples even in Bauchi State where State Government projects under SUBEB were executed without commissioning and put to use but under keys.
Hon Sa’idu Suleiman suggested that the House can liaise with the National Assembly and Members should look around their constituencies and list all the projects so that the House can take the next action.
Hon. Ibrahim Tanko Burra, representing Burra Constituency, suggested that every Member of the State Assembly should liaise with a member of the National Assembly representing his Constituency to hand any completed project in any Constituency to the State Government
Majority Leader Hon. Saleh Hodi Jibir, representing Disina Constituency, said that they are partners in progress with the Members of the National Assembly, they should discuss with their colleagues in the National Assembly on how to go about the projects.
Hon Sa’idu Suleiman Darazo said that nobody is asking the State Government to take over the project but laise with the Federal Government and National Assembly to put the projects into use.
According to him, in Darazo/Ganjuwa Federal Constituency there are projects such as Police Academy and NTA Darazo completed but not commissioned and put to proper use and though the State Government cannot take over but can facilitate the proper usage of the projects.
At the end of the debate, Members of the House unanimously adopted the motion as moved.
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