Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State yesterday urged residents of the state to support the federal government on its efforts to rehabilitate the railway lines in the area.
Dankwambo made the call during the launching of an empowerment programme by an organisation, ‘Talba –Neighbour-to-Neighbour’ (Talba-N2N), in Gombe.
He called on those who had erected structure close to the railway lines to cooperate with the contractors on the rehabilitation work.
According to him, if the people of the state do not cooperate with the contractors, all efforts of the Federal Government in rehabilitating the rail line that passes through the state will be futile.
The governor said that through the cooperation of government and people of the state, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, was presently pumping fuel from the refineries to the state.
He commended Federal Government for the decision to establish rice mills in the state and Ashaka Cement Company for expanding the company.
He said that would go a long way in boosting trade and commerce as well as reducing poverty in the state.
The governor commended the organisation for providing poverty alleviation items to the people of the state, and called on other well-to-do persons in the state to emulate it.
Chairman of the occasion, who is the Minister of Transport, Sen. Idris Umar, commended Dankwambo for the developmental efforts he provided the people of the state.
Umar called on the people of the state to continue to support the governor in his determination to develop the state to an enviable height.
Chairman of T-N2N Alhaji Bala Tinka said the organisation aimed at assisting the less privileged across the state with funds and items for poverty alleviation, among others.
He said vehicles, motorcycles, sewing machines and other economic empowerment facilities had been provided to the less privileged, and that the gesture would continue.
Tinka explained that the organisation was moved by the developmental efforts of Dankwambo in the state, hence the decision to compliment his efforts.
The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the occasion was attended by the Deputy Governor of the state, Mr. Tha’anda Rubainu, members of the National Assembly and other personalities.(NAN)
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