As part of activities marking this year’s Democracy Day, Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has commissioned two newly completed projects initaited by two previous administrations in the state.
Commissioning the Presidential Lodge, on Friday, Engineer Sule restated the commitment of his administration to complete all ongoing projects initiated by previous administrations in the state.
The Governor who took time to explain the quality of work done by the contractor that handled the project, named the edifice the Senator Umaru Tanko Al-makura Presidential Lodge, after the immediate past governor of the state who initiated the project.
Similarly, Engineer Sule commissioned the modern, state-of-the-art banquet hall also located within the Government House, named after the former governor of the state, the late Alhaji Aliyu Akwe Doma, who initiated the project in 2011.
According to the Governor, the Aliyu Akwe Doma Banquet Hall, which was earlier billed to cost the state N2.7bn, was finally completed at the cost of N1.8bn, after the state government negotiated for a downward review of the cost.
Through the negotiation, Engineer Sule disclosed, the state was saved over a one billion naira.
The occasions were witnessed by the State Deputy Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Akabe, former civilian governors of the state namely, Senators Abdullahi Adamu and Umaru Tanko Al-makura, the Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, Barrister Muhammad Abdullahi, members of the House of Representatives, distinguished sons and daughters of the state, as well as top government functionaries.
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