Buhari to commission cargo airport, school in Nasarawa – Al-makura

Governor Tanko Al-makura of Nasarawa state said on Tuesday that President Muhammadu Buhari would commission the Comprehensive Special School Lafia and flag-off the terminal building of the cargo airport during his forthcoming official visit to the state.
Speaking to State House correspondents after a meeting with the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr. Abba Kyari, the governor said the cargo airport, which is at 60 per cent completion, would cost the state government N20 billion.
The governor said the special needs school was established in fulfillment of the President’s promise to the people with disability.
He said: “I came to confer with the chief of staff with regard to very critical issues relating to the administration of Nasarawa State. We made a request for Mr. President’s visit through the office of the chief of staff and Mr. President has accepted and I have come to discuss the details.
“Secondly, I have to discuss the letter sent to the state government with regard to mass housing project which is one of the priorities of my state given the 13,000 hectares plan area which we have just beside the corridor of the Federal Capital Territory.
“The projects to be commissioned are quiet many which has to do with the well being of the common man, the most basic and the most sensitive which we think the people should be considered for.
“One has to do with the comprehensive special school for people with disability. This is likely to be the largest single school in the whole of the  federation that caters for all categories of people with disability. From cerebral palsy popularly known as autism to people with vision impairment, hearing impairment and even physical impairment like the cripple.
“That school is suppose to cater for the education of children with disability right from kindergarten stage up to senior secondary. This will give tremendous amount of relief to parents who have children living with disability, whose education could not go beyond certain level. That school is like a premier institution which can admit people not only within Nasarawa State or north central zone but all over the country. But what is more, that’s for free. This we have decided to do in line with Mr. President’s focus and vision and manifesto of our party.”

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