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Governor Inuwa Yahaya Builds 370km Roads in 2 Years Across State

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Gombe State Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya on Friday revealed that his administration constructed 370km roads across the state within two years.

Governor Inuwa Yahaya disclosed this in a statewide address to mark 25th anniversary of Gombe State creation.

According to him, we constructed about 370km of road networks across the state under our ambitious network 11-100 initiative. Similarly, we constructed or renovated and equipped nearly 600 classrooms in primary and secondary schools in all the 11 local government areas, just as we upgraded 5 legacy secondary schools – GGSSS Doma, GSSS Gombe, GSSS Kaltungo, GSS Dukku and GCSS Dadin Kowa.

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He added: “Our administration is pursuing a rapid and wide-ranging development by addressing long-standing infrastructure deficits through aggressive spending on roads, hospitals and healthcare facilities, schools, water projects, and urban renewal.

“We have sustained our commitment to promoting all-inclusive growth and development by redressing the neglect of rural communities and low-income neighbourhoods in the provision of ‘dividends of democracy’.

“We introduced and implemented bold public sector reforms such as the treasury single account and a strong fiscal responsibility regime, while ensuring the minimisation of overhead costs.

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“We also established the Bureau for public Service Reforms and introduced the biometric standardisation of civil servants to tackle the ghost worker syndrome and improve performance, among others.”

“In the health sector, we have provided at least 1 functional Primary Healthcare Centre in each of the 114 wards of the state to give 24 hours health service to the people. Furthermore, we fully upgraded the Gombe Specialist Hospital to a modern health facility, commenced the upgrade of General Hospitals in Bajoga and Kaltungo as well as the construction of a brand-new general hospital in Kumo. We have also made concerted efforts to ensure that medical personnel are posted to all revitalised and new health facilities in the state.

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“To ensure that our citizens get financial protection against unbearable health expenditure, we introduced the Gombe State Contributory Health Scheme (GoHealth) which has so far provided over 25,000 poor and vulnerable people with basic healthcare services

Governor Inuwa also acknowledged the contributions of his predecessors including immediate past governor, Dr Ibrahim Dankwanbo to the development of the state.

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Comrade James Ezema is a veteran journalist and media consultant. He is a political strategist. He can be reached on +2348035823617 via call or WhatsApp.

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