Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna state has invited former vice president, Namadi Sambo, former APC national chairmen, Chief Bisi Akande and Chief John Odigie-Oyegun among several dignitaries to commission various projects in the state on Friday.
Former governors and the two serving ministers from Kaduna state, Hajiya Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed and Dr. Mohammed Mahmood Abubakar, are among the dignitaries expected to commission the projects, which include the Safe City Command and Control Centre and the new Ungwan Rimi Market, as part of the Urban Renewal Programme of the el-Rufai administration, according to a statement signed by the special adviser on Media and Communication, Mr. Muyiwa Adekeye.
The statement which also listed the Umaru Yar’adua Road which links the Millennium City to the Eastern Bypass, the Isa Kaita Road and 10 other roads as projects to be commissioned, recalled that, ‘’President Muhammadu Buhari commissioned the projects of the first phase of the urban renewal programme in January 2021.”
Adekeye stated that the choice of Sambo as one of the dignitaries that will commission the projects, is because he is the highest ranking elected official that Kaduna state has so far produced.
“Chief Bisi Akande, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Pastor Tunde Bakare and former governor Ali Modu Sheriff are being honoured for their sterling roles in the merger of the parties that fused into the APC.”
