Taraba Gov Signs MOU With Chinese Company On Infrastructure Development
By Henry Agbu
The Taraba State Governor, Dr Agbu Kefas has redoubled efforts towards the implementation of the Taraba Development Master Plan 2024.
These efforts were further cemented on Friday following a meeting of the stakeholders meeting with the President of China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation held at the TY Danjuma House Asokoro, Abuja.
Speaking during the meeting, the Governor said his collaboration with the China Company would no doubt unlock the potentials of Taraba State.
The Governor noted that the ongoing rehabilitation and reconstruction of the Danbaba Suntai airport in Jalingo which is the gate way to the state is a demonstration of the commitment of his administration towards development.
He expressed hope that in no distant time, the state will take the lead in energy distribution, adding that a new hydro power project with CCECC will be launched to distribute energy to the state and other parts of the country.
The Governor said by working with CCECC, the state can expand its roads networks, improve transportation system manage its natural resources and drive the state economy for the interest of all.
Commenting, President of China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, CCECC Chan Sichang who was represented by the Chief Executive Director of the Company, Joe Dongping said their partnership with the Taraba state Government is a remarkable step towards the development of the state.
He said they understood the importance of infrastructures to the progress and prosperity of the state and expressed readiness to serve the state even as he said that CCECC has over the years being a major service provider in the country.
On the state of the development of Taraba state Master Plan, Engineer Alex Oniegbu, said the Taraba development Master Plan 2024 did not only concentrate on Jalingo the state capital but made provisions for the development of senatorial zones and all the local government areas of the state.
He said their firm was one that undertook the Abuja Phase Two Master Plan and expressed hope that the state will soon be a force to reckon with as far as development is concerned.
The meeting which later went into closed door, featured the signing of an MOU between the company and Taraba State Government
