By Khalid Idris Doya
The Honorable Speaker, Rt. Hon. Dr. Abubakar Y. Sulaiman and members of the Bauchi State House of Assembly have congratulated the state governor Bala A. Mohammed for winning national award for 'Urban Renewal'.
The award was conferred on him at the Nigeria Excellence Awards in Public Service organized by The Best Strategic (TBS) media in collaboration with Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Saturday presented to him by vice president Kashim Shettima other awardees in Villa Abuja.
Abubakar said the commitment of Governor Bala Mohammed's administration in making Bauchi State epicenter of tourism, developments and economic hub have not only made people proud but redeemed its lost glories.
According to the speaker many places that were inaccessible before are now being accessed comfortably as linkable, tarred roads and drainages were constructed which boosted incomes of the residents.
A statement issued by his media Mukhtar Garba Kobi and made available to journalists in Bauchi on Saturday, said, "Projects executed by the present administration in the state metamorphosed dilapidated areas into the most attractive not only to Bauchi indigenes but also those from neighboring states.