Senate Committee on States and Local Government commence inspection of Federal Government’s N300 million intervention projects in Bakassi Local

   The Senate Committee on States and Local Government Administration and the House of Representatives Committee on Special duties has commenced inspection of Federal Government’s N300 million intervention projects in Bakassi Local Government of Cross River.

   Sen. AbdullahiGumel, the Chairman, Senate Committee on States and Local Government Administration, told newsmen at the projects’ sites that oversight of Bakassi projects became necessary following allegations of negligence.
   He said the committees were on ground to inspect projects carried out  by the Border Communities Development Agency, BCDA, of the Federal Government and to see the efforts made by the state government in that regard.
  Similarly, NasiruDaura, the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Special Duties, commended the BCDA for executing the projects in spite of the agency’s poor funding.
   He, however, urged the Agency to deliver standard facilities that would stand the test of time, adding that any attempt to compromise quality would not be accepted by the legislature.