Bauchi govt approves establishment of traffic authority

From Ahmad Mohammed, Bauchi

Bauchi State Executive Council has approved the establishment of Bauchi State Traffic Management Authority to regulate and sanitize traffic system.
The State Commissioner for Works and Transport, Alhaji Abdulkadir Ibrahim disclosed this while addressing journalists on the outcome of the State Council meeting presided over by Governor Bala Mohammed.
Abdulkadir said the establishment of the agency is to ensure effective traffic management in the state as well as provide job opportunities to unemployed youth
The State Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Umar Adamu said the council agreed to harness potentials of the state as part of strategies of improving the internally generated revenue.
On his part, the newly appointed Commissioner for Information and Communications, Alhaji Garba Dahiru while describing journalists as partners in progress, solicited for their maximum support for the success of the present administration in the state.
Dahiru applauded journalists in the state for their support and cooperation to the administration of Governor Bala Mohammed and called for its sustenance