Kwara Assembly to contractors: Imbibe the spirit of giving back to the community
The Kwara State House of Assembly on Tuesday tasked contractors handling various state government projects to imbibe the spirit of giving back to the community in form of Corporate Social Responsibility.
The Speaker, Yakubu Salihu Danladi, said this while inspecting some projects at Lafiaji, Edu Local Government Area during the day 4 oversight tour to on-going projects in the state.
Danladi said, “When such steps are taken, the communities will experience rapid developments and they would be more friendly with the Contractors.”
He also made case for patronage of indigenous artisans in the execution of all government projects so that they will be employed and make ends meet rather than staying idle due to influx of skilled workers from other places.
The contractor handling the Tsaragi-Batakpan, Mission-Secretariat and Tswata-Bodzo roads in Tsonga, all in Edu Local Government, Engineer Wang JiuLin had earlier told the lawmakers that he drilled borehole and rehabilitated some roads in the area as part of his corporate social responsibility.
Engineer Jiulin however made case for additional funding of the Tswata-Bodzo road in Tsonga where he explained that 1.3 kilometres was originally awarded but after completion it is 1.5 kilometres.
Danladi and his colleagues were also at the Government Secondary School Lafiaji to inspect comprehensive renovation of the school where the legislators expressed satisfaction with the pace and quality of work, urging the contractor to sustain the tempo.
In their separate remarks, the Principal of the school,Alhaji Abdullahi Etsu, member representing Edu Constituency, Ndanusa Guyegi and the chairman House Committee on Education, Muhammed Baba-Salihu described the construction and renovation of the school by the present administration as historic and impactful, noting that the conducive environment would spur teachers and students to bring out the best in them.
The lawmakers were also at the Unity Secondary School Tsaragi to inspect renovation of 3 units of classrooms.
