Tinubu’s reform policies beneficial, says Renewed Hope Ambassadors
On Sunday, the National Media Tour, the Renewed Hope Ambassadors, and members of the Presidential Communications Team commenced the inspection of strategic federal and state government projects in Kogi.
The team inspected the Kabba Junction section of the Abuja-Lokoja Expressway, which is also the starting point of the Lokoja-Benin Expressway.
The commissioner for works, Salami Dedaat, explained that the Abuja-Lokoja highway had been abandoned by past administrations but has now been earmarked for completion by President Bola Tinubu.
Mr Dedaat said the road has been divided into five different sections, each awarded to a different contractor to speed up its completion.
The team visited the state-owned Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) in Osara, which has a mix of federal and state government projects.
According to the director of Administration of the college, Mohammed Ahmed, the federal government, through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), constructed the Faculty of Science Complex, Faculty of Environmental Sciences Complex, Faculty of Management and Social Sciences Complex, as well as the Faculty of Anatomy, valued at over N2.3 billion.
He said TETFund had also supported the institution through the 2025 Special Intervention (Renewed Hope Initiative) by the construction of the female hostel, Project Maintenance Intervention, as well as in academic and research support.
The media team also inspected the Barefoot Renewable Energy College and the Green Hydrogen Research & Demonstration Pilot Plant established in the university by the Federal Government through the Energy Commission of Nigeria.
Presidential spokesman Sunday Dare said the physical and academic development witnessed at the university was a result of the courageous reform policies implemented by Mr Tinubu.
In the Kogi West senatorial district, the team inspected Kogi State University in Kabba, which has seen marked development in just two years; Mopa Primary Health Centre; some completed inner roads in Kabba-Bunu; and the erosion control project in Kabba under the Agro-Climatic Resilience in mid-arid areas, put together by Governor Ahmed Ododo.
(NAN)
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