The gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in Gombe State Jibrin Barde has outlined ten concrete things he would do if voted governor to transform the state into the business hub of north eastern Nigeria.
TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports, Barde disclosed this while flagging off his campaign in Gombe stating his plans to change narrative of the state to a joyful noise.
He explained that the ten concrete things will cut across all segments saying:
“Firstly, we will create an education fund to intense financing and commence rebuilding and equipping 250 primary and secondary schools each to world class standard in the first 100 days. This will reduce our out of school children and improve our education outcomes.
“We will open all tertiary institutions that have been closed down by this administration including the state university of technology Kumho for the benefit of our people, our children and restore the government bond for our medical students on day one of our administration.
“We will fix the dilapidated healthcare facilities with the focus on equipments, drugs and staffing to reduce maternal and child mortality across the state commencing in the first 100 day of our office.
“We will build economic and climate smart infrastructure and create modular factories in mining, cement production etc to drive industrial growth.
“We will also ensure that we provide, tax breaks to big businesses and also wave taxes to our small businesses in order to ensure that they grow and provide their own support to the society.
“We will expand Gombe regional water supply and implement Gombe south regional water supply in the medium to long term.
“We will make Gombe the regional hub of agricultural marketing in the northeast by providing policy and financing support to our farmers to procure all the needed farm implements and inputs as well as easy means of transporting farm produce. This means better returns for our farmers and better access to produce for our consumers.
“We will return all lands and farm lands taken away unjustly from the owners and from farm owners and from farmers.
“We will restore the N5,000 monthly stipends paid the women and expand it to cover the vulnerable and indigents and reintroduce the state marshals in the first 100 days.
“We will make Gombe civil service the envy of Nigeria by right recruitment and placement.
“We will pay a minimum living wage, institute a periodic review and ensure that a service culture is in place, top-down so that when you deal with the state government you will know that there is zero corruption and we are on your side.
“We will settle all outstanding pension, gratuity and severance allowances in the first 100 days of our office to all our workers who have served this state diligently.
“We will operate data driven and evidence base governance, safeguard our treasury, be prudent with our resources and make public our financial affairs of the state on a quarterly basis.
“We will restore rule of law and ensure the independence of the legislature and the judiciary.
“When we leave office insha Allah, Gombe state will have changed to an economically driven, prosperous state that is fully integrated as a world class state with efficient public service, transport system, as a tourist destination for healthcare and education, with a thriving airport city.