2010 BUDGET OF KADUNA
STATE
ADDRESS OF HIS
EXCELLENCY ARC MOHAMMED
NAMADI SAMBO, FNIA,
THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR
OF KADUNA STATE AT THE
PRESENTATION OF THE
2010
BUDGET TO THE HONOURABLE
MEMBERS OF THE STATE
HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ON
TUESDAY 29th
DECEMBER 2009.
Mr Speaker,
Hon Members,
It is with immense
pleasure that I appear
before you today to
fulfill one of the
requirements of good
governance as enshrined
in Section 121 of the
1999 Constitution. Let
me refresh you Mr
Speaker and honourable
Members that during our
previous appropriations,
they had formed the
basis for expanded
stakeholders’
participation in the
budgeting process.
Needless for me to
remind you that as true
representatives of the
people, their interest
is uppermost in your
minds and you had always
championed their
interest by ensuring
that such
people-oriented projects
and programmes are fully
integrated and reflected
in the approved
appropriation which we
had executed in the
previous fiscal years.
Mr. Speaker, I wish to
express our gratitude
for the diligence and
efficiency with which
this Honourable House
had discharged its
functions over the
years, including the
pursuit of your
Oversight Functions. You
will concur that there
has not been any
executive interference
in all that you did
during the years under
review. It is with this
in mind that we are
short of words to
express our heartfelt
appreciation for your
kind support,
understanding and
cooperation extended to
the Executive Arm of
Government to enable it
discharge its statutory
functions.
Having said this, we
shall continue to
mutually cooperate for
the betterment of our
society such that our
efforts shall remain
indelible in the annals
of history.
REVIEW
OF THE 2009 BUDGET
This Honourable House
will recall that in the
previous year, an
estimate of N153,695,023,705
was appropriated which
comprised of N34,938,352,725
and N118,756,670,980
as Recurrent and Capital
estimates respectively.
The Budget size was
revised to a Recurrent
Expenditure of N36,738,352,721
and Capital Expenditure
of N116,956,670,980
allowing for proper flow
of implementation.
Subsequently, two (2)
Capital Supplementary
Appropriations were also
approved, which include:
i.
The Federal Government
Grant on the Hosting
Rights of the FIFA
Under-17 World Cup to
which Kaduna State won a
sub-seat for the
upgrading of facilities
at both the main bowl
and for training centers
within the capital city
amounting to N250million
ii.
The Islamic Development
Bank (IDB) N2.5billion
Interest-free loan for
the construction and
equipping of four new
Science Secondary
schools in Koreye (Jama’a)
in Sabon-Gari Local
Government, Rigachikun
In Igabi Local
Government, Manchok in
Kaura Local Government
and the New Millennium
City hosting the last
one.
CAPITAL
EXPENDITURE
In pursuit of our
objective to ensure that
education is catapulted
to an enviable level in
the State, we had
declared a
state-of-emergency in
that sector and had
consistently
appropriated 27% of our
Budget on Education.
With these huge
investments in that
sector, we have
constructed, renovated,
furnished and supplied
equipment to primary,
secondary and tertiary
institutions. We
provided portable water
supply to our various
schools and
institutions. The
infrastructure provided
also includes
classrooms, lecture
theatres, laboratories,
libraries and ICT
centres. We have
distributed free
textbooks and uniforms
in line with our Free
Education policy.
Similarly, we have
produced Question &
Answers textbooks to
prepare final year
students for their SSCE
and NECO examinations
respectively. We had
also paid examination
fees for the candidates
including students of
tertiary institutions in
Law, Health related
courses, National
College of Aviation
Technology (NCAT),
Kaduna State University
(KASU), etc. including
augmenting school fees
at other institutions of
higher learning across
the State. During our
tour of projects
executed for
commissioning in the
State, we visited the
Kaduna State University
and commissioned a
sizeable number of
projects including 13
new laboratories,
lecture halls and
theatres, libraries,
Faculty of Medicine,
Computer Centres, just
to mention a few. Other
institutions that
projects were
commissioned include
College of Education
Gidan-Waya and Nuhu
Bamalli Polytechnic,
Zaria. The Language
Laboratory of College of
Education Gidan-Waya is
exceptional and a
significant edifice
worthy of being
mentioned.
TRANSPORT
We have almost completed
the road projects that
were inherited.
Similarly, new road
projects have been
awarded which include
the extension of the
Kofar-Doka-Babban Dodo-Kofar
Kuyambana road, the
Tum-Madakiya road and
other joint State and
Local Government
projects spread all over
the State worth N5,324,973,675.01
The total amount
involved in all road
constructions, including
bridges, is in the total
sum of N7,128,651,294.92.
A fourth bridge across
River Kaduna to link
Kaduna North with Kaduna
South is currently in
the pipeline. It is
aimed at eliminating the
traffic congestion
connecting the two local
government areas.
The Railway sub-sector,
though an avenue to
cushion the hardships
encountered by our
people occasioned by the
economic realities of
the times, has increased
the spending capacity of
our citizens by over
N250million on
transporting 800
thousand people to date.
It has also reduced
drastically the cost of
market goods, especially
the perishable ones, in
view of the low price of
fares and the mass
utilisation by our
people. Therefore, to
ensure continuity and
regularity in service, a
total sum of N110million
was expended for
rehabilitation,
maintenance and
management of the
Railway Service in the
State.
In our effort to develop
the Inland Dry Port,
which will further boost
our socio-economic
status, we had since
worked out a very
favourable and viable
partnership arrangement
with Inland Containers
Nig. Ltd (ICNL) for the
re-development of Kaduna
Inland Dry Port. It is
pertinent to let you
know that recently we
received the officials
of the Nigerian Shippers
Council who have
confirmed to us that
very soon this
arrangement will come to
fruition as it will be
gazetted for immediate
take-off. This programme
intends to maintain the
status of Kaduna as the
hub of economic
activities in the North
where goods can be
imported and exported.
HEALTH
There is a tremendous
progress of work on the
300-bed Specialist
Hospital physical
development. Our request
for equipment leasing
from the Islamic
Development Bank has
received their blessings
and the sum of
$45million has been
approved for the
provision of
state-of-the-art
equipment and other
necessary facilities at
the hospital, which is
due for completion at
the first quarter of
2011. The sum of N1.38billion
has so far been expended
towards the realisation
of the project. This
project, we believe on
completion, will arrest
the capital flight of
our citizens travelling
abroad seeking for a
good health medical
services. Similarly, the
sum of over N400million
has been expended for
the construction and
rehabilitation of
hospitals and Primary
Healthcare Centres (PHCs)
across the State. The
Free Maternal and Child
Welfare programme for
women and children under
five (5) years of age
has already benefitted
over 3 million people
through our 28 hospitals
and 115 Primary
Healthcare Centers at
the cost of about N2.8billion
Naira only.
WATER
SUPPLY
Water sustains life is
an old adage and one of
our topmost priority is
the provision of
portable water supply to
our citizens across the
State. We have therefore
embarked on both Urban
and Rural water supply
schemes in the year
under review of which
some have been completed
while others are still
on-going. These projects
include:
(i)
The 150mld Zaria
Regional Water Supply
project which is
currently at 30%
completion;
(ii)
The rehabilitation of
the Kaduna Water
Treatment Plant which is
almost at 90%
completion;
(iii)
The Zonkwa Regional
Water Supply scheme at
Manchok which is to be
completed in March 2010,
Kafanchan/Kagoro water
supply scheme which has
reached advanced stage
of completion. The
Saminaka Water Supply
Scheme which is planned
to be completed very
soon;
(iv)
Under Rural Water Supply
Programme 4000
hand-pumps and
motorised boreholes have
been completed while
1,400 existing boreholes
have been rehabilitated,
a total of 63
Solar-powered boreholes
were awarded last year
and completed while an
additional 7 were
awarded this year
bringing the total
number of solar-powered
boreholes to 70 and the
contract for the
construction of 759
constituency boreholes
have been awarded and
work is currently in
good progress.
YOUTH & SPORTS
This is an area we have
recorded monumental
success which has been
acknowledged the world
over. The 16th
National Sports Festival
tagged “KADA 2009” was
not only successful in
the organisational
activities and efforts
of providing the
necessary world class
sporting facilities but
was one of the best
performances by the
State contingent to the
Games. For the first
time ever, the State
emerged 5th
on the medals table
signifying hope for the
future of sports and its
development. This feat
is a booster to our
gradual return to our
enviable position as the
sporting hub of the
Nation. Similar massive
investments were made in
hosting the FIFA
Under-17 World Cup at
the Kaduna sub-seat by
the Government.
Currently, Murtala
Mohammed Square has a
conglomeration of
sporting edifices which
includes the Umaru Musa
Yar’adua multi-purpose
Hall and Sporting
Complex, the Olympic
size swimming pool and a
list of other sporting
facilities of
international standard.
AGRICULTURE
The Agricultural Sector
received a reasonable
share with an
expenditure of
N8.26billion expended on
varied agricultural
development programmes.
Our efforts at providing
the necessary support to
our farmers was further
re-enforced by our
massive supply and
distribution of fifty
thousand metric tonnes
(50,000mt) of fertilizer
at the cost of N5.48billion,
the rehabilitation and
construction of
Strategic Grains Storage
Facility are also
further boosted by the
allocation of the sum of
N168million while
animal traction got N189million.
We purchased
agro-chemicals worth
N15million and
improved seedlings worth
N32million for
distribution to our
farmers. We also awarded
contracts for the supply
of small irrigation
pumps and spraying
equipment worth N549million
for distribution at
subsidized rates to our
dry-season farmers. On
the same vein, Grains
worth N13.5million
was procured and stored
in our Strategic Grain
Reserve Scheme. Bee
keeping which is fast
becoming one of our new
agricultural initiatives
received a boost when
the sum of N4million
was earmarked and
expended in its
promotion. Our
contribution to National
Agricultural Insurance
Scheme (NAIC) was
honoured when we paid
the premium of N3million
while Kaduna
Agricultural Development
Project (KADP)
programmes gulped a
whooping sum of N1billlion.
Contracts were also
awarded for the
construction of Hunkuyi,
Kuzuntu and Kufana Earth
Dams worth N1.36billion.
Consultants were engaged
for the production of
designs and
documentations for the
construction of three
(3) Multi-Purpose Dams
that will provide about
seventy thousand
(70,000) Hectres of
irrigation land, 70mw of
Hydro power and raw
water supply to Kaduna
Metropolis up to year
2035.
RURAL & COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
Power Generation efforts
have been intensified in
the year under review.
Apart from wholesale
efforts of the State to
wheel 34mw of Power from
the Gurara Dam, other
collaborative efforts at
Public Private
Partnership (PPP)
arrangements have been
worked out with the
China Machinery &
Equipment Company (CMEC)
and the Kaduna State
Agency for Power
Generation Company (KAPSCO)
for the generation of
84mw of Thermal Power.
All these are at advance
stage of execution and
are meant for the
revival of our ailing
industries.
Furthermore, other
smaller rural
electrification projects
worth about N1.3billion
were executed in the
year under review.
Distribution of 250
transformers and solar
projects for 12 villages
were commissioned.
The revival of the
textile industries,
which we pursued
vigorously at inception,
has finally gotten the
blessing of Mr President
who has graciously
awarded contract for the
construction of a 215mw
Thermal Power plant for
the revival of textile
industries in the State.
Only recently, the
high-powered committee
led by the Chief
Economic Adviser to Mr.
President and the
Federal Minister of
Finance, visited the
State to inspect the
textiles preparatory to
the eventual take-off of
the scheme. Similarly,
the sum of N100billion
is now ready for Kaduna
textile industries
revitalisation exercise.
RURAL
ROADS
In our determination to
provide access roads to
our rural farmers to
transport their farm
produce to available
markets with ease, we
have expended the sum of
N1.371billion for
the construction of
rural feeder roads. The
World Bank Rural
Mobility Project has
commenced and will
provide 450km of rural
roads in the State.
POVERTY
ALLEVIATION
The endemic nature of
poverty amongst our
people precipitated our
proactive measures to
address the menace of
the scourge.
Accordingly, calculative
measures were employed
to ease the situation by
taking an inventory of
all unemployed youth and
those that require
assistance in accessing
financing to establish
various businesses of
their choice. We now
have, in our Biometric
Data, 800,000 people
that require our
support.
Micro-Credit
Transportation:-
in this step, a total of
100 buses were purchased
at the cost of N146,662,000
and distributed to
members of the NURTW,
NARTO and RTEAN as the
beneficiaries of the
scheme while the Kaduna
City Taxi initiative
also received a boost as
60 Toyota Saloon and 40
Volkswagen Golf Cars
were purchased in the
year under review and
distributed to our
unemployed youths and
the Okada riders at the
cost of N88,645,000.00.
The Kaduna State Leasing
Company has also
commenced operation with
50 new Peugeot cars
being leased to
individuals or
organisations interested
in taxi business.
Farmers Empowerment
Programme:-
the total sum of
N100million was
disbursed as loans to
230 cooperative
societies with five
thousand seven hundred
and ninety five (5795)
members in the 23 local
government areas of the
State. 216 tractors and
equipments were also
distributed to the
co-operatives.
Waste-to-Wealth
Programme:-
we are determined to
recycle waste and we
have sought the services
of a reputable and
reliable contractor to
embark on the programme.
The sum of N151,200,000
was approved for the
establishment of 12
lines of Waste-to-Wealth
plastic recycling and
animal feed processing
plants.
Donations of Crash
Helmets to Okada Riders:-
based on the safety
demands of our citizens
and in order to fully
comply with the Federal
Government’s Crash
Helmets Compulsory
Programme and in view of
the low liquidity
position of our Okada
drivers, we have
procured 1000 crass
helmets at the cost of
N5million and
freely distributed to
them across the State.
Distribution of Poverty
Alleviation Materials: our poverty alleviation initiative
was predicated on our
desire to ensure that
beneficiaries are
mobilised to be
self-employed and will
own the necessary tools
for productivity and
drive away poverty
amongst our people. The
ceremony for the
commencement of the
disbursements in this
category was recently
held at Murtala Square
which attracted people
from far and wide. Cash
loan disbursements to
beneficiaries amounted
to N34.5million while
material and other
facilities disbursements
amounted to
N345.5million. This
includes but not limited
to vulcanising
equipment, hair
dressing, sewing
machines as well as
treated mosquito nets
and hospital equipments.
Mr
Speaker, Hon Members, we
place on record our
profound gratitude and
appreciation for the
maximum support and
understanding we have
been enjoying from this
Honourable House.
Without this support and
cordiality, these
achievements will
certainly have been a
mirage. I must seize
this opportunity,
therefore, to also
assure you of our
continued cooperation to
this Honourable House in
the interest of our dear
State.
2010 BUDGET
The 2009
Budget was tagged
“Budget of Consolidation
& Stabilisation” because
of the relative progress
which the “People’s
Budget” of 2008 had made
in impacting positively
on the lives of the
people through the
people-oriented
programmes embarked upon
and satisfactorily
executed in the year
under review. It was
principally viewed as a
Performance-Based Budget
as it lays emphasis on
the performance indices,
a system that seeks to
address the key sectors
the budget was tailored
to achieve. Therefore,
in the spirit of
ensuring that these
successes were not
derailed from, the 2009
Budget derives its name
as a means of
consolidating and
stabilizing the
“People’s Budget”
Accordingly, the 2010
Budget is tagged “A
Budget of Empowerment
and Progress” in our
spirit of ensuring the
continued drive to
eradicate poverty and
ensure optimum
realisation of our set
targets in those areas
outlined earlier, we are
committed to ensuring
that our philosophy of
socio-economic reforms
are attained within the
available resources at
our disposal. We shall
ensure the continued
empowerment of our
people while safely
executing projects and
programmes to ensure
that we make appreciable
progress in attaining
our targeted objectives
of driving away poverty
amongst our people.
In
putting together the
2010 Budget, a lot of
considerations were made
with regards to
resources accruing to
the State. This includes
funds from the
Federation Accounts or
Statutory Allocations,
Internally Generated
Revenue and Other
Sources.
The
situation of Statutory
Revenue may not be the
same as last year
because the crude oil
benchmark for 2010 is
far above that of the
year 2009. In
furtherance to our
efforts at boosting our
Internally Generated
Revenue from the great
potentials that abound
in the State, the State
revenue board has
doubled their efforts on
revenue generation with
the assistance of the
World Bank and DFID
which will definitely
minimise revenue losses.
As usual, Government
will continue to support
these agencies towards
attaining optimal
performance.
a)
RECURRENT REVENUE
I)
Statutory Allocations
As we are aware,
receipts from statutory
sources are subject to
fluctuations in the
international market for
crude oil prices.
Inspite of this, we will
strive to ensure that
our philosophy of socio
economic empowerment to
our people which remains
the main trust of this
administration is
maintained within the
limited available
resources. Accordingly,
we have made a realistic
projection of N42Billion
to be collected from the
Statutory Allocation.
II)
Excess Crude
The sum of N10,000,000,000.00
is expected from the
Excess Crude Account
III)
Internally Generated
Revenue
Our expected Internally
Generated Revenue (IGR)
is put at N12,430,310,000
B)
CAPITAL RECEIPT
In the
year 2010, Government
envisaged its Capital
Receipt to be more
realistic in order to
deliver its programmes
and projects as
follows:-
|
CAPITAL |
2010 DRAFT
ESTIMATES |
|
Value Added Tax
(VAT): |
6,000,000,000 |
|
|
Transfer from
Recurrent Budget
Surplus: |
24,388,186,458 |
|
|
Privatization: |
678,000,000 |
|
|
Funds: |
1,271,700,000 |
|
|
Proceed from
sale of
Fertilizer: |
970,140,180 |
|
|
Ecological
Funds: |
1,000,000,000 |
|
|
Internal Loans: |
39,914,000,000 |
|
|
External Loans: |
30,646,145,000 |
|
|
External Grants: |
3,278,270,000 |
|
|
Internal Grants: |
17,960,118,545 |
|
|
Other Sources of
Revenues: |
24,388,186,458 |
|
|
Total Capital
Receipt: |
153,994,281,405
|
|
|
C)
Recurrent
Expenditure |
|
|
|
Consolidated
Revenue Fund
Charges: |
3,406,000,000 |
|
|
Personnel Cost: |
17,741,126,666 |
|
|
Overhead Cost: |
19,286,449,176 |
|
|
Public Debt
Charges
(Repayment):
|
1,508,548,000 |
|
|
10% to Local
Government Joint
Council: |
800,000,000 |
|
|
Total Recurrent
Expenditure: |
42,742,123,842 |
|
| |
|
|
|
D) Capital
Expenditure
Mr.
Speaker, Hon Members,
our proposed capital
outlay for 2010
Financial Year stands at
N153,994,281,458
HIGHLIGHTS OF 2010
BUDGET
The
total Budget size
envisaged for 2010 is
N196,736,405,247 as
estimated from the total
expected Receipts of
same amount. Like it was
in the 2009 Approved
Estimates, attention is
basically going to be
focused in the 2010
fiscal year on
Education, Transport,
Health, Power and
Agriculture
respectively.
In our
effort to reduce poverty
and generate employment
opportunities for our
people, we have set in
motion, the provision of
various earth-dams and
irrigation projects in
various locations within
the State. Similarly, we
have also made a
Provision of 1% of our
Capital Budget in this
year’s estimate to
support the Federal
Government initiative
for the establishment of
Micro-Finance Banks (MFBs)
in the State, the aim of
which is to ensure that
financial services are
made available to the
vast majority of the
low-income earners and
the poor to engage in
productive activities
and create jobs among
others. This has become
necessary in view of the
fact that lack of access
to financing has been
identified as one of the
major avenues militating
against our growth and
development.
We are
continuing with the
articulated programme on
Free Medical Treatment
for Pregnant Women and
children under 5 years
in the Health sector
throughout the State. We
intend to increase the
number of hospitals to
be covered under this
programme. In addition,
the construction of the
300-bed specialist
hospital is in full
progress and has already
reached an appreciable
stage of completion.
Some of
the on-going projects in
the Transport Sector
have been completed. New
awards were made to take
care of some critical
areas.
We have
maintained the tempo on
the repairs, renovation
and rehabilitation of
schools in the State.
Coupled with this, about
4000 teachers were
recruited to provide
adequate, qualitative
and quantitative
teaching in both
secondary and tertiary
institutions. Other
priority programmes
implemented include free
uniforms, textbooks and
notebooks. The
implementation of the
TSS 27.5% new salary
increase for teachers
has put the teaching
profession as the
highest salary earner in
the State.
We
intend to start a pilot
programme on feeding to
primary school pupils
including the
construction of staff
quarters. I must also
share the joy of the
recent success of our
Primary School students
who came first (1st)
at the Presidential
National School Debate
held in Abuja between
the 15th - 17th
of this month. This is a
clear testimony that our
education programme is
on the right track and
achieving success. You
will recall that in 2008
our students came second
(2nd) at the
NECO examination
National ranking
The
development initiatives
taking place in Kaduna
State has attracted the
attention of our
development partners
within and outside the
State. Private sector
establishments have
indicated interest to
partner with the State
in promoting non-oil
sector ventures based on
the high potentials that
abound therein. The
International Community
has also expressed
enthusiasm to enter into
partnership arrangements
with the State to
further support our
poverty alleviation
programmes, social
sector and solid
minerals developments.
Pursuant to this, the
State has already
embarked on new projects
with the development
partners in the
following areas:
(i)
Governance and Capacity
Building Project- a
World Bank sponsored
initiative which has
already commenced work;
(ii)
Kaduna State - Japan
Initiative for
Production and Export of
Ginger, Cassava, Acha
and Beniseed;
(iii)
Millennium Village
Project which started at
Pampaida in Ikara LGA,
has been scaled up to
support four additional
communities in Ikara
Local Government Area;
(iv)
Kaduna State – Indian
Initiative for Cottage
Industry Development and
Skills Acquisition;
(v)
Kaduna State - China
Initiative for the
Production, Processing
and Export of Ginger,
Sugarcane, Cassava, etc;
(vi)
The State and Local
Government Project (SLGP)
has already been
mobilised in the State
and had commenced its
training programmes;
(vii)
The Partnership between
Kaduna State and the
World Bank, DFID and
USAID which took off in
January, 2009;
(viii)
The Partnership for the
Transformation of Health
Systems (PATHS) between
DFID and the State has
commenced effective work
in the health sector.
Only recently DFID
supplied the State with
40 containers of drugs
and hospital equipment
to support the State
Health Sector Programme.
These projects along
with other on-going
initiatives are aimed at
transforming the State
towards eradicating
poverty and enhancing
the general well-being
of our people. In
addition, the State is
working closely with the
Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs) Secretariat
at the Presidency to
ensure that it derives
full benefits from the
Debt Relief Fund
CIVIL SERVANTS AND
PENSIONERS
In continuation of our
efforts to better the
lot of the Civil
Servants and Pensioners,
adequate provision has
been made from the
Micro-Credit and Human
Development Funds for
their welfare to which
they can access. Other
provisions are for
Housing and Car Loans.
This will enable civil
servants obtain their
own cars and houses.
Also, the sum of
N150million has been
earmarked to cater for
Training and Development
while E-Governance and
State Internet Backbone
has an allocation of
N300million.
Personnel Costs is
estimated to be
N17.741billion, while
Pensions and Gratuities
which we pay as at when
due has an allocation of
N3billion. These
are significant
increases from the
previous year’s
allocation.
The essence of the
increase in all these
packages is to further
motivate the workforce
to put up an optimum
performance towards
positively high yielding
productivity and output.
Pensioners shall
continue to enjoy their
retirement benefits
which we pay regularly.
CONCLUSION
The Budget estimate for
this year Mr. Speaker,
Honourable Members, has
addressed both the
ongoing projects and the
zeal with which the
State is determined to
complete them. Also, new
projects awarded shall
be dispensed with in a
manner in which we shall
meet your expectations
and that of the
electorates.
We shall continue to
pursue Kaduna State of
our dreams. We shall
continue to pursue our
welfarist
programmes and projects
because we believe our
people deserve the best
service from a
government that they put
in place. We are putting
in place solid and
needed infrastructure
that include power
generation, large
irrigation schemes,
expanded education,
provision of health
services and modern and
effective transportation
system, effective
poverty eradication
mechanism that will lead
to the creation of an
industrialised, new and
prosperous Kaduna State.
Mr Speaker, Honourable
Members, all the efforts
we are making to ensure
that we turn around the
fortunes of the State
will not be complete if
we refuse to access
development funds which
are meant for
developmental
initiatives worldwide.
The feasibility studies
of the projects we are
embarking upon confirm
their status as viable
and high-yielding
projects such that they
can provide adequate
return on our
investment. In this
regard, we approached
the IDB, ADB and the
World Bank for
Concessional Funding in
order to ensure the
establishment of solid
infrastructure, which
will create the needed
enabling environment for
complete poverty
eradication and
enhancement of the
socio-economic
development of the
State.
Mr.
Speaker, Honourable
Members, may I use this
opportunity to once
again thank you and the
Hon Members for your
support and cooperation
without which we could
not have achieved the
lofty targets we had set
for ourselves. Let me
appreciate our Religious
Leaders, Traditional
Rulers, Politicians,
NGOs, Labour Unions,
Media Organisations and
the good people of
Kaduna State for their
support and cooperation
towards attaining
successes we have
recorded so far.
The Judiciary as a tier
of Government has lived
up to its expectations
as the last hope of the
common man. We
appreciate them for the
matured way they had
handled all
adjudications before
them to the admiration
of all. We urge them to
maintain the tempo.
Finally,
special gratitude goes
to our civil servants
for the maturity and
understanding they have
shown under difficult
and enticing
circumstances. Their
support and cooperation
has, to a large extent,
contributed to the
remarkable success this
administration has
achieved. May God
protect and guide us
all.
Ameen
Thank
you and God bless.
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