12/09/2014

NGO Hails FG On Infrastructure Master Plan

A non-governmental organization under the aegis of the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN) has commended the Federal Government (FG) on the recent approval for the implementation of a 20-year

National Infrastructural Development Master Plan as articulated and presented by the Federal Ministry of National Planning describing it as a major step towards sustained development of infrastructure in the country, as being actively championed by President Goodluck Jonathan’s transformation agenda programme.

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) had in its meeting last week approved the Master Plan for implementation with the Minister for Information Mr Labaran Maku saying that the plan which is expected to gulp hundreds of billions of Naira would ensure unanimous infrastructural development across the six geo political zones in the country by the year 2043.


The Minister for National Planning, Mallam Sulaiman Abubakar confirmed that the Master Plan was carefully prepared for equitable distribution of infrastructural projects in key sectors of the economy like Transport, Aviation, Education, Health and others sectors adding that various stakeholders in the polity contributed to the making of the document.

TAN in a statement issued in Abuja by its Director of Public Communication and Strategy, Dr Udenta Udenta said the document is a huge evident that Jonathan’s administration is eager to take the country to the expected level where it could stand to competently compete with other nations of the world.

The statement observed that the problems bedevilling the country at moment are as a result of lack of proper planning by successive administrations adding that the document which will ever serve as the legacy of transformation agenda is what the people need to be able to believe in their country and then repose their confidence in government and governance.

TAN therefore was seeking the immediate commencement of the Implementation to ensure that the hope of the people are kept alive, as according to the group any delay is dangerous and it is neither right nor safe to create hope and slow down the process implementation.  spyghana

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