…identifies water, power, education as top priorities

By Wole Mosadomi

Minna—Niger State governor, Alhaji Abubakar Bello has said his administration will not face the various abandoned projects which will require billions of Naira left behind by his predecessor, pointing out that he has more pressing projects than the money spinning abandoned projects.

Bello, while inspecting the Minna Airport City project, yesterday, said the priority of his government for now was to provide portable water and light for the people and also ensure adequate provision of infrastructure to schools and  improve on the health care delivery system in the state.

He said about N12 billion would be needed to complete the airport project.

He called on the contractor to restructure the project or get some other investors to invest in the project but certainly not his administration.

“I do not have money to pay for this project. I have more pressing problems now. I have students sitting on the floor, people without drinking water, hospital without facilities, those are my priorities for now.”