We’ll complete all ongoing NEDC projects — MD

The Managing Director of the North East Development Commission, NEDC, Mohammed Alkali, has vowed that all capital projects currently being executed across the three Senatorial Zones of Adamawa State would be completed as scheduled. According to him all challenges being faced by contractors handling the various projects, would be looked into so as to ensure […]

The Managing Director of the North East Development Commission, NEDC, Mohammed Alkali, has vowed that all capital projects currently being executed across the three Senatorial Zones of Adamawa State would be completed as scheduled.

According to him all challenges being faced by contractors handling the various projects, would be looked into so as to ensure timely completion of the projects.

Alkali made the remarks when he led Management team of NEDC on an inspection tour of the on-going projects in the state. He was accompanied on the inspection of the projects by Alhaji Abdulsalam Yahaya, NEDC Executive Director of Operations .

The inspection was aimed at assessing the progress made, identify challenges and come up with solutions for the benefits of the state and its people.

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“Most of the projects across the states are going on well, I have seen them. We want to make sure that those having challenges are looked into and make sure we provide solutions to those problems so that they could be completed on schedule “, the NEDC boss stated.

Top among the projects being inspected are the proposed Adamawa State Liaison Office, a Technical and Skills Acquisition Centre as well as a Technical Trade Training Center in Song Local Government.

While in Yola, the NEDC Management team inspected the ongoing construction of 500 housing units in the state capital, the on-going construction of Accident and Emergency Unit in Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital (MAUTH), solar powered boreholes at Federal College of Education, Yola and also the installation of street lights in parts of Yola metropolis.

The team also inspected the three mega schools being constructed in each of the Senatorial Zones of the state, and a  2.5km access road at College of Education Hong, 40 housing units at College of Education (COE) Hong, a 32km Garkida – Dabna road in which 14km has already been completed and Dilchim Bridge which is under construction.

The team similarly visited a collapsed bridge along Madagali-Waga road for possible intervention, and a water project in Mubi Polytechnic and also inspected on-going project sites at the State University, Mubi.

With the exception of the Dilichim bridge which is under construction, the two bridges along the Mubi-Gwoza road which were destroyed at the peak of Boko Haram insurgency have all being completed.

The Chief Medical Director of MAUTH, Professor Bakari Adamu Girei, thanked the NEDC for coming to the aid of the Teaching Hospital through the construction of the mega Accident and Emergency Center.

He noted that when completed, the new Center which is ten times bigger than the existing facility, will  boost operations of the hospital in that the current Center is grossly inadequate.

On his part, the Provost, College of Education Hong, Professor Benson Baha also commended the NEDC for the intervention in the College, adding that when completed, the housing units being constructed will address accomodation challenges facing the institution.

Some residents of Yola, Madagali and Mubi, Mohammed Gidado, Mathew Bulus and

Abubakar Tukur respectively who spoke with journalists on the projects, commended NEDC for its timely interventions.  They described the gesture as worthwhile.

The Commission is currently executing 224 developmental projects in 112 Local government areas of the six states in the North-East region.

Speaking further on the projects, the Managing Director of the Commission, Mohammed Alkali, expressed satisfaction with the level of work done so far. He urged the various contractors to work hard and meet the deadlines set for the projects as they are expected to change the narratives in the Northeast region.