Gombe State Executive Council has approved the completion of two road projects in the state at the cost of N4.7 billion
Alhaji Abubakar Bappa, the state Commissioner for Works told newsmen in Gombe on Wednesday shortly after the executive council meeting.
Bappa said N2.1 billion was approved for the completion of the 19 kilometer Ture-Dogon Ruwa-Gelengu road started nine years ago by the previous administration.
He added that N2.6 billion was approved for the extension work on Bakassi-Balansani road to Garin kuka, which is about 10.9 kilometers.
The commissioner said that both contracts would be executed by Datum Construction Company.
Bappa said that the state executive council had also approved N557 million for the completion of the abandoned Dukku-Dokro-Jamari road, awarded to Builders Construction Company.
He added that the state governor, Alhaji Inuwa Yahaya, had directed the works ministry to inspect and assess roads recently washed away by flood.
Meanwhile, the Executive Council has approved the state Medium Term Expenditure Framework 2023-2025.
The state Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Muhammad Magaji, said the document would be sent to the state House of Assembly for approval.
In his brief, the Commissioner for Education, Mr Dauda Batari, said that the state had received two national awards in recognition of the government efforts to reposition the education sector.
He said that the state emerged the best in the implementation of Basic Education Service Delivery For All (BESDA) and having comprehensive data on out-of-school children.
Batari said that the data has been incorporated into the National Education Information Management System. (NAN)
