AFDB PROMISES SUPPORT FOR AREGBESOLA’S ADMINISTRATION TO COMPLETE PROJECTS
The
African Development Bank (AfDB) has promised to support Osun State
government complete some of the projects of the Rauf Aregbesola administration.
Top
officials of the AfDB at a meeting with Governor Aregbesola at the Government
House in Osogbo, the state capital mentioned the MKO Abiola International
Airport among the projects.
The
AfDB team led by its Country Director Mr. Ebrima Faal, said he and his
entourage were in the state on a one-day exploratory mission to support the
state’s developmental agenda.
Faals,
whose team later inspected facilities at the Technical College in Osogbo and
the waterworks in Ede, said the visit had given the AfDB the opportunity to see
the developmental efforts of the current administration in the state and to
determine the subsequent steps to be taken to support the State.
At the
Osogbo Technical College, the AfDB delegation was taking round various
departments and workshops where modern equipment for carpentry, shoemaking and
other machines were on display.
Technical
engineers at the Ede Waterworks conducted the AfDB team round the facilities,
including the water dam and the water treatment equipment.
The
AfDB delegation was accompanied by the Senior Technical Adviser to Osun State
Governor on Development Partners and International Relations, Dr. Michael
Olugbile and members of the State Executive Council, including, the
Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Dr. Dauda Olalekan Yinusa, and
Commissioner for Commerce, Industries and Cooperatives, Hon. Ismail Adekunle
Jayeoba-Alagbada.
Dr.
Olugbile, who acknowledged the ongoing support of AfDB for the Rural Water
Supply and Sanitation (RWSS) project in the state, said the visit of the AfDB
delegation was to attract more donor assistance to the State in order to
support the developmental agenda of the Rauf Aregbesola administration.
He
said the visit would also lay a solid foundation for incoming administration.
According
to him, the AfDB would support Osun state government on the upgrading and
completion of the nine Technical Colleges in the state
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