Gov Ahmed Commission N100m Kwara Building Project In Abuja

The Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed on Friday commissioned a N100 million building project in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).According to the governor, during the foundation laying ceremony for Harmony HUB in Wuye, Abuja, the project in the nearest future will translate to revenue-generating platforms.He noted that the project is an avenue for the state government to look inward and generate revenue Internally in line with the directive of the Federal government to states to increase their Internally generated revenue.Ahmed said, This is in line with our desire to define resourcefulness which is the direction which states are expected to go these days in trying to help development and growth.And I am happy Harmony Holdings has taken this. It has not only broken this in Ilorin, but by creating something similar. But again, we need to demonstrate to the whole world that we have taken the right direction and also capable of driving this business not only in Kwara State, but in Nigeria at large.You will recall that part of what we put in place as a prospect of driving the state forward is by looking inwardly. We tapped into assets that the state has that has not been fully utilized, that has been lying down and been wasting.We sought to allow these assets to be driven under the Harmony Holdings Limited Company, which indeed is trying to translate these assets to revenue-generating platforms.We started this as far back as 2011. So what the Federal Government has said is in consonant with what we are doing in Kwara State. He addedOn how much the project will cost, he said: I dont think we will be looking less than N50 to N100 million to create an economic property like this.Earlier, the chairman of Harmony Holding, HRH Halidu Abubakar said that the project is construction of three floors building containing business suites.According to him, the project will be completed between nine months and one year if resources are made available.He said, This is one of the manifestation of the governors push that Harmony should be seen to be doing something, and that we should go outside Kwara State and make our presence known.
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