Shema, Katsina’s new gov’t house and citizen’s rights

So also in other financial commitments except in some instances where estimates are recorded as actuality even before concrete payments are done. This concept is called accrual basis of accounting and it is fundamental to the usefulness of financial accounting information.The new government house project being built for over N3 billion could be described as […]

So also in other financial commitments except in some instances where estimates are recorded as actuality even before concrete payments are done. This concept is called accrual basis of accounting and it is fundamental to the usefulness of financial accounting information.
The new government house project being built for over N3 billion could be described as the biggest example of a brilliant concept of governance developed on the basis of accrual financial regulations. It is so because it is a project that was, from the scratch, built with no single government money used. It might sound confusing and that’s why it is one of the most ingenuity in governance done by any administration in the country. Accrual governance is the process of increasing gradually the administration of sustainable governance in order to achieve development over time.
The new government house is a great example of this innovative governance. The house was built through accruable interests generated by money saved by the state government over the years in some banks. These accruable were then over the years invested in the concept, development and concretization of the project that is today hailed as the most modern, architecturally masterpiece government house ever seen anywhere in the country.
The government seat of power has one of the most friendly designs seen anywhere in the world. It is described by renowned architects as the answer to an improved environment that enhances efficiency and creates conducive atmosphere for government operations. The sumptuously landscaped 2.5 hectares site in the new GRA has facilities ranging from residential accommodation, to offices, clinic and banquette hall for cultural functions.
The main environmental challenge tackled by this master piece is cooling the buildings from the semi-desert heat of Katsina and this is achieved partly with double-wall construction with cavity which serves as a thermal mass, and helps to maintain a constant internal temperatures, high ceiling and carefully –detailed facades with deep overhangs which provide protection against solar heat gains while offering excellent views towards the gardens. Natural ventilation and daylight are exploited as much as possible, both to reduce energy consumption and to create enjoyable working conditions.
Many critics will however, still argue that instead of investing such money in a new government house the amount should have been invested in providing affordable housing to teeming populace in the state. Although this could also be true, the fact remains that even before the new government house concept came into being the state government has planned and built thousands of houses for the common man considering the significance the government placed on the provision of affordable housing to all its citizens.
In the past Six years over 80 road networks have been constructed, rehabilitated or dualised in the state, this is apart from the huge sums committed in the upgrading and internalization of the Katsina airport to compliment the infrastructural development of the state. In the last 360 days alone over 15 different road networks with drainages were completed and others are in the offing.
No economy and community will boast of any infrastructural growth without electricity and this has also received commendable attention from the administration that so far over 100 communities have been joined with the national grid in the state; this is apart from the massive rural electricity projects across the state. Katsina state could today be described as a hub of infrastructures in the country.
As at today, not many local governments in the country could boast of dualised road networks as seen in Katsina State where all roads at the major local government councils have been dualised with fully working street lights. Over 30 roads have been dualised in the last five years. The new government house building is therefore only a continuation of a revolution.
Nagado wrote from Unguwar Dabino Dutsin-Ma