FINTIRI'S ACHIEVEMENTS ARE PRIORITY BASED….. By Auwal Hamza Madagali
This
piece is to enlighten the people of Adamawa State on giant strides made by
Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri.
1.
Security: Security is the number top of the priority put in place by this government,
in order to curb the menace of Shila and cattle rustling. And, to achieve this,
the Governor purchased 60 Hilux vans for the security agencies under the
auspices Operation Farauta.
The
Governor has been giving resources and attention to the security forces
adequately whenever they are in need.
In
order to strengthen the war against insurgency in the northern part of the
states, the Governor has made provisions for the payment of allowances to
Vigilantes sacrificing their lives in the frontlines.
2.
Human Capital Development: Human capital is the stock
of habits, knowledge, social and personality attributes
(including creativity) embodied in the ability to perform labour to
produce economic value. In the development of human capital the Governor
has made the following his top priorities.
a.
Education: the process of receiving or giving systematic instruction,
especially at a school cannot be possible without proper planning and execution
of policies that would boost education in the state.
The
Governor has ensured that basic education is free thereby encouraging parents
to send their wards to school; WAEC and NECO examination fees are free to ease
the burden of costs on the common man in the rural areas. He has ensured the
payments of UBE matching grants from 2017-2020 which would facilitate the
construction and rehabilitation of 5000 classrooms across the state. Most have
been completed so far.
b.
Free WAEC and NECO fees: Gov Fintiri has already paid for the upcoming WAEC and
NECO fees for all Adamawa state SS3 students totaling over 20,000 students.
This can mean nothing to urban dwellers, but to a subsistence farmer with a
number of children who are due for SSCE it's everything.
Lack
of WAEC and NECO fees have made a lot of students drop outs thereby ending as
cultists and Shila boys terrorizing the metropolis.
c.
Free School Fees: Gov Fintiri's anthem during his campaigns was free school
fees for everyone, his first action as the Governor was actualizing that. Today,
school fees are free in all Government schools in Adamawa state.
d.
BESDA: Better Education Service Delivery
The
Governor also reintroduced feeding for boarding schools abandoned by the
previous administration.
The
Governor has keyed in BESDA, a world bank funded program to reduce the number
of out-of-school children, which was started in 2017. However, the state never
got involved until the Governor came into office. This program provides
enrolled students with uniforms, school bags and books in order to encourage
the enrollment of out-of-school children.
There
were days when teachers and parents used to gather money to buy chalk in order
to get their wards education, but now the government has provided all adequate
materials for the smooth learning process of students in government schools
across the state.
After
almost a decade of non-payments of scholarships to students of higher
institutions despite the fact that they were made to purchase forms multiple
times, the Governor promised and ensured payments directly into the accounts of
the students.
B-
Primary health care: Primary Health Care, or PHC refers to "essential
health care" that is based on scientifically sound and socially acceptable
methods and technology. This makes universal health care accessible to all
individuals and families.
The Governor facilitated the clearing and transportation of medical equipment rotting away in the docks for years.
There
is a total overhaul of the specialist hospital Yola ongoing, and lastly Adamawa
state remains one of the states that prepared for the covid 19 pandemic with
all necessary equipments and precautions even before it came into the state.
The
state remains one of the best in management of the COVID-19 pandemic around the
country.
C-
Agriculture: The state government has keyed in to some agricultural partnerships,
which is not yet in the public domain now.
3.
Infrastructure: the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities
(e.g. buildings, roads and power supplies) needed for the operation of a
society or enterprise.
A-
Road construction: This also the state government has concentrated its efforts
on rural access roads through counterpart funding with RAMP. Right now over 340
kilometers of road construction has been awarded and is ongoing a cross the 21
LGA of the state. This is also another effort in order for the peasant farmers
in the rural areas access to urban markets, thereby increasing the state IGR.
28
Kilometer Road Construction Has Been Awarded With The State Capital.
The
state government still made the rest of the payments to contractors necessary
for the completion of the projects started by the previous projects embarked by
the previous administration.
Thanks
to Local Government Autonomy, even local governments are now embarking on road
constructions because of the total control of their funds.
B-
Water: The state government has completed the purchase and installations of
modern water pumping machines for the state water board. Now the water board is
supplying water to the masses within the metropolis.
The
Local Government Autonomy has enabled LGAs to also rehabilitate and construct
new Boreholes where necessary in their respective LGAs.
C-
Power: Adamawa state government has awarded the contracts for the
electrification of Toungo LGA after almost 3 decades without ever having power.
After
6 years without electricity, because of vandalism by insurgency, The Adamawa
state government also awarded the contract for the electrification of Madagali
and Michika and reconnection to the nation grid, which is also in execution.
The
state government also awarded the electrification of Dumna in Guyuk LGA.
4-
Poverty alleviation programs: Poverty reduction, or poverty alleviation,
is a set of measures, economic and humanitarian, intended to, permanently lift
people out of poverty. ... The dawn of the Industrial Revolution led to
high economic growth, eliminating mass poverty in what is now
considered the developed world.
The
state government has lifted the burden of payments of school fees and WAEC and
NECO. The secondary school feeding program has also lifted the burden of using
their limited resources to provide foods for their children in boarding school,
thereby preserving their resources directly and with rural access roads they
can sell their products with value in the major markets, which is also an
important in increment of the states IGR and the GDP of the country entirely.
The
past administrations has made Pilgrimage a priority while in this
administration the state government would no longer sponsor Pilgrimage because
it's considered as a wastage of our limited resources, this is why all these
direct impact projects were able to be possible.
Auwal
Hamza Madagali
Madagalee@gmail.com08156566332
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