WORKS MINISTRY PLAYS HOST TO HADIZA BALA USMAN .... As Umahi, Goronyo Take Tinubu's Special Adviser Through Processes

Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, Bello Goronyo Esq, Minister of State, Works, Hadiza Bala Usman, Special Adviser to the President on Policy and Coordination and Yakubu Adams Kofarmata, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Works.

"Road is a critical infrastructure that cannot be over-looked, as every strata of human beings make use of it, both the rich and the poor, young and old etc." Umahi

The Federal Ministry Minister of Works, lead by the Honourable Minister, Senator David Umahi, alongside the Minister of State on Friday, received the Special Adviser to the President on Policy and Coordination, Hajiya Hadiza Bala Usman with her team, at the Ministry's Headquarters in Abuja.

Senator Umahi, while welcoming the monitoring team, took them through the nitty-gritty of the services being rendered by the Ministry to the public and the processes involved before the services become visible and appreciable by the public. These include initiating the project, designing, costing, bidding and other processes before the commencement of any project.

According to workaholic Minister, "road is a critical infrastructure that cannot be over-looked, as every strata of human beings make use of it, both the rich and the poor, young and old etc."

Umahi therefore thanked Mr President for making road infrastructure a priority amongst the eight priority areas of the Renewed Hope Agenda of the administration of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, GCFR, which is to enhance infrastructure and transportation as enablers of growth.

On her part, the Presidential Special Adviser on Policy Coordination reiterated that she came to formally introduce her team, who will be engaging with the Ministry’s officials by way of monitoring its performance within the 1st and 2nd quarters of 2024, as well as sought for better ways of enhancing and fast-tracking works on Nigeria roads geared toward the actualisation of the Renewed Hope Deliverables. 

While hoisting the banner of the approved 8-point Priority Areas of the present administration, which  must be achieved, she announced that the assessment is to be carried out by her team, in the coming week.

Present at the meeting were the Honourable Minister of State, Muhammad Bello Goronyo, Esq, the Permanent Secretary, Yakubu Adam Korfamata, Ph.D, Highways and Service Directors, as well as Heads of Units.

This was contained in a statement issued and signed by Mohammed A. Ahmed, Director, Press and Public Relations Department of the Ministry.