By Beatrice Gondyi
The Vice-president of Nigeria, Kashim Shettima, has inaugurated the multi-million-naira reconstructed Government House in Bauchi.
The Vice-president was assisted by the Six Northeast Governors that included Babagana Umara Zullum, of Borno Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe, Bala Abdulkadir Muhammad of Bauchi, Mai Mala Buni of Yobe, Governor Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa, and Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba State.
Shettima commended the political commitment demonstrated by the Governor to ensure the timely execution of this very important project that will stand a test of time.
Shettima said that the remodelling of the government House with state-of-the-art equipment would provide a conducive working atmosphere for successive governors and staff members to operate optimally.
He commended the unity, hard work, commitment, zeal and courage always exhibited by the six governors, with each one of them executing laudable projects in their States.
Governor Bala Muhammed Abdulkadir of Bauchi State expressed happiness for the inauguration of the re-modelled Bauchi State Government House Complex.
He said “It is a thing of great joy to witness the excitement exhibited by our compatriots who have left other pressing engagements to mark this milestone with the Administration, and appreciate
“Senator Kashim Shetima, Vice President for honouring us with his presence and to commission the project. He has shown himself as a patriot who prioritizes the broader and nobler demands of national unity and progress over narrow and destructive partisan interests that dot the shifting quick sands of our political landscape.”
He recalled that at the inception of this administration during his first term in 2019, “we had enunciated a clear policy thrust, under the My Bauchi Project agenda, aimed at improving the welfare of our people, orchestrating a robust and diversified economy and upscaling both the social sector and infrastructure in all ramifications.”
Governor Bala said “The remodeling of the dilapidated, badly run down and inadequate Government House fell under our infrastructure remediation programme, even as we also identified it as a strategic cornerstone of our ambitious urban renewal agenda.”
He said “My tenancy of the Government House, from 2019, provided instant and compelling justification for my earlier feeling and indeed brought to the fore the urgency of holistically resetting the architectural and psychological milieu of the Bauchi Government House,
“Characterized by inadequate office space for the critical staff of the Government House, lack of meeting rooms, vulnerability to security breaches, an unconducive residential environment and the ever present risk of de-branding the state, I needed no further conviction that the question of re-modelling the Government House had been overtaken by whether it should be done.
“The pertinent question had become: when, indeed, how soon?that I kept it on hold was borne out of the dictum that what concerns us comes last, that as the pilot of our dream reconstruction effort, I and my family could afford to suffer personal inconvenience if that was what was needed to achieve the ambitious vision espoused in the My Bauchi Project document.
“But it was a delicate balancing act between, on the one hand self-denial and on the hand, operational efficiency, minimum convenience, the image of the state and the security of both the Governor and all those working in the Government House, due to rampant incidents of security breaches.
“We decided to act.. What you see today is the outcome of that action.”
The scope of the project comprises the remodelled Governors office, the Dr. Rilwanu Suleiman Grand Stand, the International Conference Centre, a Standard Banquet Hall, Expansion of Existing Governor’s Residence, and New Senior Staff Residences.
Others are the Govt House clinic, a mosque, fire house, vehicles’ maintenance unit, central kitchen, shop & canteen, power house, water house, fuel service area, six entrance gate houses with armoury, two pedestrian gates, an animal house, abattoir, stores, mini banquet hall, external works, roads and drainages.
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