Bauchi government borrows N100bn for infrastructure

From Ahmad Muhammad, Bauchi

The Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Muhammed, has explained that the State Government borrowed the sum of N100 billion which he is using to provide infrastructure in the State.
Governor Bala stated this yesterday when he presided over the State Executive Council Meeting held at the Exco Chamber in Bauchi on Wednesday.
He said over N90 billion has so far been expended in providing the infrastructure across the State.
“You can see the projects and programmes, we are just starting. We have borrowed N100 billion and today, the infrastructure project alone is getting to N90 billion plus. We are not thieves, we are not here to take anything out of the system, we want to take back every Kobo.
“Of course, we are going to save some for education and health. We are saving from the little money we are getting from the Federal Government so that we can leverage this loan to do infrastructure alone. You should be aware of this,” he said.
While reiterating the commitment of his administration in the payment of salaries, wages and other allowances, He pledged to support more civil servants for training, in addition to carrying the bureaucracy along.
Governor Bala lamented the spate of ghost workers in the State civil service vowed that his administration would do everything possible to rid the State of the menace.
He said: “The spate of ghost workers and the rest will be out of our way. I met the Minister of Communications, he said he understood we are doing so well and he said he’s ready to come to Bauchi and establish a platform so that we can do away with these ghost workers.
“The beneficiaries of these ghost workers are not us, they are not commissioners, but we allow them. We must be able to check out nominal roll and other data in our hands, we must be able to manage it. It is very easy to manage your ministries and departments unless you don’t want to do it.”