From Yakubu Mustapha Minna
National- Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (N-HYPPADEC) has expressed satisfaction with the quality of ongoing resettlement project work at Muregi community in Mokwa local government area of Niger state.
The Managing Director Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq Yelwa made this known during his inspection tour to the site among other projects at different communities, adding that the supervision and monitoring will be sustained to ensure the specifications in the contract are met.
He explained that the 120 units of housing contact work located at various sites was suspended around May/June due to the escalation of prices of building materials which necessitated the review of the contracts that had gotten the nod of the commission’s board hence the continuation of the contracts.
Sadiq Yelwa reiterated the commitment of the commission in providing other social amenities like portable drinking water, renovation and building of additional classrooms, solar street lights to ensure security and enable them go about their businesses without fear.
The N-HYPPADEC Boss revealed that New Muregi will also be selected for its mini grid when resources improved to make residents of the community comfortable, noting that the New Muregi resettlement project was flagged off in 1999 by the former vice president Atiku Abubakar but could not see the light of the day until the coming of N-HYPPADEC making it a reality.
He maintained that the projects has been reviewed with additional cost while he assured of completion by the end of December this year, stressing that the same resettlement centre projects is ongoing in Ketso and in Shiroro local government area of Niger state aimed at ending the plight of flooding within the HYPPADEC states in the country.
The State Coordinator, Muregi resettlement centre, Engr. Mohammed Muregi in an interview appreciated the foresight of the commission in ending the suffering of the people of the community over the years.
He added that the specifications are being maintained to ensure standard in order to have value for money spent through sustainable supervision, noted the the Niger state contribution is the land, security and enabling environment among others.
In his remarks, the village head of Muregi, Dr Abdullahi Aliyu Alfa thanked the federal government, N-HYPPADEC, Niger state government for the kind gesture to end the devastating and catastrophic effect of flooding on his people over the years, appealing for the provision of other social amenities in the community.
Meanwhile, the Managing Director Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq Yelwa also inspected a block of 3 classrooms with an office contract at completion stage at Kyapi community in Edati local government area out of the 50 educational projects this year where they will also provide writing materials, textbooks, computers as well making efforts in partnership with higher institutions to open study centres at local communities to create opportunity to further education of workers of the rural dwellers.