Kurmi Road Will Be Constructed Before The End Of This Year-Gov Ishaku
Taraba state Governor, Arc. Darius Dickson Ishaku says before the expiration of the present dispensation the road from Mararaba to Baissa in Kurmi local will be constructed.
Governor Darius Ishaku stated this yesterday in his office Government House Jalingo, when the Chief of Kurmi, Chairman stakeholders forum of Kurmi and the Chairman of Kurmi local government led Kurmi indigenes who are appointees of the present administration to say thank you for finding them worthy to work with.
Darius Ishaku who expressed satisfaction with the visit however said the road from Mararaba to Baissa was the first road he had wanted to construct in the state, but lamented that it was laced with lots of encumbrances steming from the part of the contractor.
He revealed that it took him time before he was able to terminate the contract and subsequently embarked on a fresh feasibility study as well as a new design beginning from Mararaba to Baissa and to Abong, which he said has been completed and a competent contractor has also been contacted but said, the contract sum as put forward by the contractor is the major hitch at present.
Speaking further, the Governor said due to the harsh economic reality on ground other options are being explored considering the commercial posture of Kurmi to the state and the entire country, stressing that he intends to construct a standard carriage road that will stand the test of time so that the commercial potentialities of the area would be fully exploited for the benefit of state and assured the state stakeholders that the road to Kurmi will be constructed before the end of his tenure.
On the issue of Baissa Timber, Governor Ishaku stated that, two investors have indicated interest, a Canadian and a Chinese, explaining that the two investors have put forward their conditions and said the state government is studying the two with a view to engaging the one that would be more friendly to the people of Kurmi and the state and also give jobs to the teaming youths of the state.
Governor Darius Ishaku also disclosed that he is working assidiously to establishe cocoa grading center in the state so the other states will no longer take credit of what is being produced in the state and also to end the journey Taraba Cocoa Farmers often embarked on to have their cocoa graded at Ibadan in Oyo state.
The Governor remarked that the joy of every leader is to be appreciated which will in turn spur him to do more for the people and called on the Chief of Kurmi and the entire stakeholders to continue work to together and to ensure that they coexist peacefully with one another describing Kurmi as his second home if not the first, because it occupies a special place in his heart.
Speaking as the leader of the delegation, the Chief of Kurmi, Samaila Maiwuya said the entire kumi were seated before him and they have come to appreciate the him for appointing them into various positions in his Government and stressed that it is expedient and important to come and say thank you.
Samaila Maiwuya also stated that since his election into office in 2015 and the subsequent Court cases that followed, hence the need to come and congratulate him for all the victories achieved and to assure him that the people of Kurmi will continue to stand by him and will accord him all the support he needs inorder to excel.
The Chief of Kurmi maintained that since the creation of Taraba state, Kurmi people have never had many of her people appointed into political offices like now and appreciated Governor Ishaku for the special consideration, challenging the appointees to be obedient, diligent and be committed to their duties and that the people of Kurmi will not hesitate to deal with any of the appointees that flaws the directive of the Governor.
He solicited for the construction of road leading to Kurmi, which he said it will help ease the hardship faced by the people and commended him for reviving the Baissa Oil Mills and for his plans to also reactivate the Baissa Timber.
