E-X-P-O-S-E-D!!! Wicked President Jonathan: He Forgot The North In Whole 4 Years. It is disheartening that President Goodluck Jonathan will go down in history as one of the most heartless leaders Nigeria will ever had. not minding the millions of votes he received from the Northern part of the country during the 2011 Presidential election, President Jonathan choose to ignore the welfare of the North throughout his first 4 year plus in office. The North is used to being neglected by various past governments and it is inhuman for President Jonathan to wickedly change this trend of neglect by ensuring that Improved and accessible Education, Agriculture, Road construction, rural health, Water resources, Electricity, affordable Housing will be available to all Northerners. It is a shame that President Jonathan is changing the culture where few privilege people in the North are having the best and majority goes out begging. A] Education in the North. **He established 9 New Federal Universities in Zamfara, Jigawa, Kogi, Yobe, Taraba, Gombe, Katsina, Nasarawa and Kebbi. **Over N400b allocation and intervention funds to Primary, Secondary and Higher schools including Universities in the North in the last 4 years. **Offered about 2,400 Presidential scholarships to Northerners for Masters and Doctorate degrees in University of choice in the world, to ensure that these newly trained Teachers in these New Universities and Teaching Hospitals will have the best qualification & experiences for a Better North. **125 Almajiri Schools, with Boarding, Computer centers, 85 is under construction. Almajiri school is incorporating Western and Islamic studies. [No child left behind]. **16 Girl Child Schools. B] Power Projects **Construction of New Zungeru Hydro-power project, Niger **Development of 1000mw coal power plants, Kogi and Benue. **Completed and commissioned Geregu Thermal power plant, Kogi **330KVA National grid from Gombe-Damaturu-Maiduguri **330/132KVA substation in Damaturu, Yobe **132/33KVA sub-station line under construction in Gashua **215MW thermal plant at Kudendan Industrial Area, Kaduna. **132KVA High voltage transmission line (140 km) to Kaduna is being mounted from Gurara. • Galma Hydro power Project, Kaduna • Katsina Wind Power Project • Jibiya Hyro Power Project, Katsina • Rehabilitation of the Bakalori Irrigation and Hydro-power project, Zamfara. **Construction of several sub-stations and injection substations within the North West Zone. **Large Mambilla Hydro-power project is taking off. **Rehabilitation of Ilorin-Minna-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Narrow Gauge (Starting from Lagos). C] Rail & Water Transportation. **Rehabilitation of Makurdi (Benue) –Lafia (Nasarawa)- Kuru (Plateau) - Bauchi - Gombe - Ashaka with branch lines at Kuru-Jos and Kafanchan-Kaduna narrow gauge (Starting from Port Harcourt) **Construction of Kaduna-Abuja standard gauge fast train line cutting across Niger state. **Construction of Ajaokuta- Itakpe-Warri new standard gauge **Completed the dredging of River Niger up to Boro port. The river ports at Boro and Lokoja are under construction. **Lagos - Kano Rail line [ Lagos - Shagamu-Iwo-Oshogbo-Egbe-Ejiba-Ejiba-Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano. **Fuel and Cargo are Transported to the North from sea ports, reducing cost of these goods to the people and minimizing accidents from Tankers and Trailer vehicles. **PH-Maiduguri Rail route (Ready in 6 Months). PH-Aba-Ikot Ekpene - Umuahia-Enugu-Otrukpo-Makurdi-Lafia-Jos-Bauchi-Gombe-Biu - Damboa-Maiduguri. D] Road Construction and Rehabilitation. **Dualization of Abuja-Abaji-Lokoja Road: FCT & KOGI. **Rehabilitation of Auchi-Okene-Lokoja Road **Dualisation of Suleja –Minna Road, Niger state **Rehabilitation of Obajana-Kabba-Illorin road **Dualisation of Abuja-Lokoja road, Kogi state End. **Rehabilitation of Jebba bridge, Niger state. **Rehabilitation of Otukpo-Oweto Road, Benue state **Rehabilitation of Sokoto-Jega-Kontagora-Makera road **Rehabilitation of Langtang-Lalin-Tunkus-Shendam Road. Plateau **Rehabilitation of Vandeikya-Obudu Cattle Ranch, Plateau state. **Reinstatement of the washed out bridge in Shendam-Yelwa-Ibbi Road in Plateau state **Reinstatement of the washed out bridge in Lokoja-Abuja highway at Bida. **Construction of Nupeko bridge across the River Niger **Completion of Maiduguri-Dikwa-Gamboru Road **Rehabilitation of Uba-Mbalala Road.- ww.fb/hopefornigeria. **Construction of Gombe-bye pass in Gombe state **Rehabilitation of Ningi-Yadagumgume-Fuskar Mata road in Bauchi State **Rehabilitation of Hadeija-Nguru road in Jigawa and Yobe states **Emergency reinstatement of Gombe- Potiskum Road, Gombe **Rehabilitation of Kano-Kazaure- Daura Mai Adua road **Completion of the rehabilitation of Funtua-Gusau-Sokoto road **Dualisation of Kano-Maiduguri road in 5 sections 553km **Rehabilitation of Kontagora- Rijau- Tungan-Magaji road **Construction of Vom-Manchok road **Rehabilitation of Gombe-Numan-Yola road section 2 E] Water Supply [this suppose to be the responsibility of state Govts] **Completed in collaboration with the Benue state government the Greater Makurdi Water supply scheme which currently supplies 50 million liters of water per day to over a million people in Makurdi, Benue state, **Completed Mangu Water treatment plant and supply scheme which provide 10 million liters per day and serves Gindiri and Mangu, township, Plateau state. **Completed Gurara phase 1, waste transfer project to Abuja **On-going construction of Shagari Irrigation Dam, Sokoto state. **Rehabilitation of 11,000 hectares of Bakalori Irrigation Scheme **Zobe Irrigation Dam project in Katsina state **Hadeija Valley Irrigation project in Jigawa state **Bagwai Watari Dam Irrigation project in Kano state **Middle Rima River Irrigation project in Sokoto state **Rehabilitation and expansion of Jibiya Irrigation project in Katsina state **Approval for Gasua regional water project and the Fika-Gadaka water project covering about 8 local government areas in Yobe state Yobe. F] Irrigation Schemes **On-going Kontagora (Aunan dam) for water supply and irrigation at advanced stage of completion, Niger state. **Kampe (Omi Dam) irrigation project in Kogi state on-going, Kogi state. **Hadejia-Jama’are irrigation project. **Chouchi irrigation project at 90% completion, Adamawa state. **Jada Dam project, Adamawa state. **Lake Chad: Project for the studies of water transfer from Oubangi River in Central African Republic to Lake Chad. Nigeria provided $5.0million support. **Facilitation of the development of the Lake Chad Basin Commission water charter for equitable utilization of the water of the lake Chad and the development of tools for trans-boundary water management. G] Agriculture. **7,355 farmers benefited dry season farming initiatives, Kogi. **Provision of 40,105MT of improved seeds, 160,422 MT of NPK, and 129,906MT of urea, with added benefits of 358,993 rural jobs. **10 Northern states of Niger, Kebbi, Kogi, Zamfara, Sokoto, Jigawa, Katsina, Bauchi, Kano and Gombe benefited from Dry season rice cultivation which created over 751,248 rural jobs. **As stated above, these ripples spread across input suppliers, farm laborers, transporters, exporters, warehouse operators and others. **Encouraging the establishment of 13 private sector rice mills. **Building 10 new Rice mills in the North, including, Gauri rice mill, Wacott rice processing mill in Kebbi/Sokoto, UMZA in Kano, Dominion rice mill in Taraba State. H] Airports & Food Producing Area Cargo centers. **Aminu Kano International airport, after 28 years of Neglect, Yola, Kaduna, Jos, Sokoto are all remodeled to International standard to boast business and ease movement of people. **Agro-Cargo terminal are constructed at the Yakubu Gowon Airport in Jos, Kano, Markudi, Sokoto, Kaduna to ease Movement of Farm produce and minimize perishable level. I] Health. **Comprehensive upgrade of the National Orthopedic Hospitals in Kano. **NCDC reference laboratory, Gaduwa (nearing completion). **Upgrade of Teaching Hospitals in Zaria, Maiduguri, Bauchi, Jos, Kano. **Establishment of 2,064 Health centers and Maternity clinics across the North to reduce the high Maternal mortality in the region. President Goodluck Jonathan is Truly Clueless and Wicked indeed.
Posted on: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 00:26:27 +0000
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