The
popular Front for the Good Governance has challenged Minister of Works and Housing,
Babatunde Fashola and Muhammad Bello, the FCT Minister to start repairing roads
in the capital city. Making the call in Abuja, representatives of the group
took turns to level accusations of non-performance on the part of the
ministers. “Abuja city has deteriorated; there are no more good roads, only pot
holes everywhere”, one of the speakers lamented. Another said “How can ministers
come to office every day and sleep off? Are there no more accountability? This is
strange”. Another speaker recalled the days of El-Rufai, now governor of Kaduna
State who went all out to dramatically reconstruct the capital city. “What we
are enjoying today are the works of El-Rufai. No minister has surpassed his
activities to date”, the speaker disclosed. The group observed that whereas
Abuja is growing fast in population and infrastructure, there are absolutely no
plans to expand the network of roads; now the city is crowded and almost
busting at the seams. “What we hear of are television statements and radio
announcements, nothing more. Then perhaps fake promises that runs through the
years unfulfilled”, decried Mr. Usman. “We can’t continue to live like this”,
he stated. “look at major road junctions, Kabusa junction, Galadimawa junction,
Nepa Junction Gudu, Gaduwa are all hot spots in Abuja raging for years without
any intervention from government. “But when it comes to demolition, that’s when
you see Development Control comes alive”, with bogus reasons. The group
observes that the same applies to AMAC-Abuja Municipal Area Council-who are
perpetually adept at collection of fines, levies and issuing permits-without
doing anything to add value to the society.
Appointed since 1 st April, 2015 till date, Prof. Adepoju Adeshola Olatunde, Director-General of the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN) has left no room to chance. The Ph.D holder in Agricultural and Environmental Economics (2002) from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State has taken extra-ordinary steps to see the Forestry Institute to the next level of existence. One of such steps is the repositioning of FRIN outstation for better research focus. Others include renovation of dilapidated structures, repositioning of staff members for optimum performance, reclaiming/security all encroached land and resources of the Institute, successfully enacting on Act to Establish Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria for Forestry Research; Education and Training; establishing Six strategic Rural Resource Centers for communities engagement, capacity building and extension services. Prof. Adepoju who also holds B.Agric (Agricultural Economics), 1995 ...
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