Newspointer June 7,2024
By Salejo Ali, Kano
The Kano state Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has flagged-off seventy kilometre roads projects in ten communities of the three senatorial districts of the state.

The Governor performed the flag-off at Rijiyar Gwangwan and Mil Goma in Dawakin Kudu Local Government area of Kano state.
The road projects are going to be executed in partnership with Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and Lives & Livelihood Fund (LLF) through the Kano State Agro-pastoral Development Project(KSADP) under Kano State Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (KNARDA).
Governor Yusuf while flagging-off the project, said his administration is determined to executive life changing infrastructural development projects for rural communities in Kano state.
He explained that a total of over eleven billion naira was earmarked for the seventy kilometre rural access roads and road networks in semi-urban areas.
He said, “in Dawakin Kudu where today’s flag-off took place, 7.2km rural access road for Mil Goma to Yankatsari and 7.5km Rijiyar Gwangwan road networks respectively are expected to cost two billion, six hundred million naira (N2.6b) only.”
The Governor thanked the Islamic Development Bank and the Lives and Livelihoods Fund for supporting the state to achieve major milestones in rural and agricultural transformation, expressing the hope for the partnership to continue to wax stronger.
“As we promised to work with all our friends, including the development partners, this day marks the fruition of another effort between these partners and Kano state government, to resolve some of the nail-biting problems facing the state”. Governor Yusuf said.