The Federal Government has committed over N3 trillion on infrastructure development in the country.
The Minister of State II for Power, Works and Housing, Suleiman Zarma made this known on Wednesday when he paid a courtesy visit on the Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi.
The minister, in the company of some ministry’s officials was in the state as part of a routine assessment of the Federal Government projects on roads, housing and power.
He said the essence of the tour was equally to highlight the Federal Government’s achievements because it has been working so hard and much but little was being said about its achievement.
Zarma noted that the roads in the state have been substantially completed while the received SUKUK Sovereign Fund which was a bond reposed confidence on the investors.
He noted that the National Housing Programme site in the state, located at Crusher in Lokoja with 72 housing units was already 90 per cent completed.
He commended the state government for its unprecedented collaboration in actualising the housing programme adding that more housing units would be built after the phase one.
Bello, represented by the Deputy Governor of Kogi , Simon Achuga
Bello said that Nigeria was referred as a third world country because its infrastructural development was not adequate adding that the government must ensure that infrastructural development was achieved.
The governor further urged the Federal Government to hasten up in putting these roads in good condition to enhance hitch free vehicular movement especially the Lokoja-Ajeokuta-Anyingba road.
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