The Niger State government says it has awarded the construction of a 12 km road project from Mokwa to Rabba worth N7 billion.
The state governor, Muhammad Bago, made this known during an on the spot assessment and sympathy visit to the people of Mokwa over the recent flood disaster in the area.
The floods had killed many people and destroyed property worth millions of naira.
Bago said that the road project, which would commence immediately would include the construction of four bridges to connect the two communities.
The governor directed relevant MDAs to take a complete survey of waterways and topography of the state with the view to relocating people off coastal lines to avert a repeat of the disaster.
He urged the people to stay united in these trying times, while assuring them of continued government commitment to the wellbeing of its citizens.
Meanwhile, a symbolic distribution of relief items was made to selected households.
Bago was also in Rabba to assess the bridge that was cut-off by the flood, where he used the opportunity to sympathise with the people of the community.
Bago donates N1bn, 50 trucks of grains to Mokwa flood victims
Meanwhile, Governor Bago has donated one billion Naira to the victims of the recent flood disaster in Mokwa Local Government Area of the state.
The governor announced the donation during an on the spot assessment of houses destroyed by the flood, where he subsequently addressed the people of the community.
He said that the state government would provide ten trucks each of rice, beans, maize, millet and sorghum to the flood victims.
While commiserating with the victims, he promised that all donations made would be judiciously distributed to them through a committee that would be headed by his deputy, Mr Yakubu Garba.
Bago said that the government would also provide resettlement land and services to them.
He directed the Ministry for Land and Survey to issue a certificate of occupancy (C of O) to the Federal Government to facilitate immediate construction of the resettlement homes for the victims.
According to Bago, while the state government awaits the construction of the resettlement homes by the Federal Government, necessary arrangement will be made to move them from the IDP camp.
He appreciated the Federal government, donor partners and other government agencies, as well as spirited individuals that had upported the victims.
Earlier, the Speaker, Niger State House of Assembly, Abdulmalik Daji, sympathised with the people of Mokwa especially, the victims of the flood.
Daji encouraged them to remain steadfast in the will of God at all times.
Also, the Etsu Nupe, and Chairman, Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, and the former Deputy Governor of the state, Alhaji Mohammed Ketso commended the governor for his kindness to the people.
They also appreciated the support and solidarity from all those that had made donations.