Our die-hard critics will soon recoil into their Shell--- Gov Wada

The Kogi state Governor, Captain Idris Wada has said that "Very soon when our efforts begin to yield fruitful dividends, the die-hard critics and cynics of our administration will recoil into their shell in nail-biting dispositions".

He stated this on Friday while receiving the Minister for Information, Comrade Labaran Maku government House Lokoja  as part of the Good Governance tour of the Federal and State Governments' Projects in Kogi state.

He mentioned that a total of 35 projects have been selected out of several projects completed or being executed by both the Federal and Kogi State governments in our State for inspection during the Good Governance Tour. They cover a cross-section of projects traversing infrastructure, economy, education, health, social and other developments.

His words,"13. As in evident in some of the projects already inspected, we have also embarked upon the principle of continuity to complete all on-going projects inherited from my predecessor.  These include the Confluence Stadium, Phase II of the Secretariat Complex and the Confluence Beach Hotel.

"My administration has also implemented the   Youth Empowerment Programme to create jobs for, and creatively engage all our Youth who daily roam the streets for employment opportunities.  

"The YAD4KOGI Programme has todate trained about 4,000 youths in various enterpreneural skills that engage all of them and make them potentially able to also employ labour.

"In addition, Kogi State in recent times, is witnessing an influx of foreign and domestic investors due to the enabling environment we have created and installed as fundamental to socio-economic transformation of Kogi State.

"Let me single out our Agricultural Transformation Agenda that underscores my belief in the use of agriculture to transform the state, provide thousands of employment and create wealth for our people. Your Team has visited and seen our value chain investments in rice, soya bean and cassava at our Staple Crop Processing Zone at Alape".

Captain Wada stressed that with all glory to God for what they have been able to accomplish in our 20 months in office, "we have intentionally decided not to make noise but to allow the projects to speak for themselves stressing that his Administration has placed great premium on enabling laws, setting up administrative structures including Public Procurement laws, Fiscal Responsibility laws, and Public Sector Governance projects as the software to manage all the hardware/infrastructural development in the state.