President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, was full of praises for Governor Nasir el-Rufai’s infrastructure strides in Kaduna State.
The President, who was in Kaduna for the inauguration of the re-modelled Murtala Muhammad Square and Kawo Fly-over bridge within Kaduna metropolis, among other projects, was so impressed by the transformation of Kaduna city, that he said he could hardly find his way round Kaduna.
“I have been in Kaduna all the time but can hardly find my way now; you have changed Kaduna; you are writing your history in letters of gold,” Buhari told the governor while inaugurating the Murtala Muhammad Square.
He commended the governor for committing himself to changing the state, adding that people through out the country were appreciative of his effort.
In his remarks, Governor el-Rufai said the re-modelled Murtala Muhammed Square was first built in the 1970s and handed over to Kaduna State government by the federal government.
“Murtala Mohammed Square has been re-built and re-developed, and is now a multi-functional facility, with five restaurants, small boutique, hotel, sporting facilities, football pitch, swimming pool and polo ground,” he said.
President Buhari had earlier inaugurated three road projects in Kafanchan, headquarters of Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The roads were Katsina road, Dan Haya road and the Emir Palace road, constructed under the Kafanchan Urban Renewal Project of the state government.
Under the project, 21 roads totalling 26.3km were either reconstructed, expanded or dualised in Kafanchan, at a total cost of N12.8 billion.
el-Rufai took Buhari on a tour of the newly inaugurated roads, amid cheers by the huge crowd that trooped out to welcome him.
The President thereafter proceeded to the Emir of Jema’a Palace in Kafanchan to pay homage, after which he left for Kaduna, the state capital, to inaugurate more projects.
The President, who is on a two-day working visit, is expected in Zaria town on Friday, to inaugurate more projects.
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