One Year Anniversary: Kurmi Chairman Pledges More Development projects
By Alexander Akumaior
The Chairman of Kurmi Local Government Council in Taraba State, Mr Moses Maihankali has pledged his administration’s commitment to providing more developmental projects to the people of the area.
Hon Moses Maihankali
The Chairman made the pledge while speaking in an interview on the achievements recorded during his one year in office.
Mr Maihankali said he made significant achievements within one year in office both in human and infrastructure development.
He added that one of his first achievements in office was fostering unity and harmonious coexistence among the people of Kurmi Local Government Area.
He noted that his administration was able to reconcile and bring together the two warning ethnic groups of Ichen and Chamba in Bissaula after years of communal crises with the support and encouragement of Governor Agbu Kefas towards ensuring that peace returned to the community.
Mr Maihankali further revealed that his administration had partnered with the First Referral Hospital, Baissa to offer free surgical services to touch the lives of the people, noting that over one hundred patients benefited from the medical outreach, saying the programme is still ongoing.
The Chairman who enumerated other projects executed to include, the construction a block of fourteen lockup shops at Baissa main market, which would soon be allocated to the traders for optimal use.
He said he equally initiated the award of scholarships to medical students from the Local Government Area studying at various universities across the country, adding that the programme was to assist as well as encourage the talented young people in the area to engage themselves in medical programmes.
The Chairman said he carried out massive repairs on boreholes across the Local Government Area to provide portable water for the people.
He remarked that his administration was able to open a new market at Akwabe community in Akento Boko ward which he described as first of its kind in the history of Kurmi Local Government Area.
He also renovated Kurmi Local Government secretariat as well as commissioning of a clinic in one of the communities in Bissaula ward to ensure quality health service delivery to people of the area.
On the need to promote unity among the youth, the Chairman said he had organised a football competition to draw young people from all the wards across the Local Government Area as one of the unifying factor with the aim to select talented youth to form a team that would be participating in football competitions within and outside the state.
Mr Maihankali commended Governor Agbu Kefas, critical stakeholders and the entire people of Kurmi Local Government Area for finding him worthy to serve and promised to maintain the confidence reposed in him.
