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May 29, 2025 at 02:46 PM
*PROJECTS OF DR. AGBU KEFAS, GOVERNOR OF TARABA STATE SINCE INAUGURATION*
Remodeling and Rehabilitations of infrastructure
• The Governor’s Office
• The gate of the Government House (TY Danjuma House, Jalingo)
• The Banquet Hall
• The Governor's House
• Swimming pool and other bungalows
• Office of the Press
• New Office for the security annex
House of Assembly
• Remodeled with all its attendant facilities
Her Excellency's Office
• Remodeled with all its attendant facilities
The State Secretariat Complex
• Being remodeled and rehabilitated with all her attendant facilities.
Trailer Load Park
Newly constructed park for trailers
College of Nursing and Midwifery
• Construction work ongoing on the college of nursing
Palliative Market
• Remodeled and rehabilitated-waiting for commissioning.
*ALGON House Oasis*
• Constructed and completed-Adjacent lands for expansion (Awaiting commissioning)
Solar Lights/Electricity
• Solar lights in streets and the government house.
• Tarring the Government House
• Provision of internal service
• Purchase and distribution of transformers in the state.
• Purchase of 2Nos 100KVA Generators and re-electrification of Gembu
Township after 22 years
Office of the SGS
• Overhauled and remodeled
Green House
• Work in progress at the Green House in the College of Agric- 95% completed
TY Danjuma Houses
• Gembu, Sardauna LGA
• Wukari, Wukari LGA- Commissioned
• Takum, Takum LGA- Commissioned
• Bali, Bali LGA - Ongoing
All remodeled and furnished.
*Trade Fair Complex*
Work in progress
Danbaba Suntai Airport
The Terminal remodeled and expanded, upgraded, especially the runway with state of the art equipment as well as landing facilities.
Expansion work on-going: parameter fence and drainage expanded and commissioned by the President and Commander-in-Chief on 21st May, 2025.
*Security Agencies*
139 New Vehicles for all security representatives and weapons to combat terrorism and banditry. 103 security vehicles rehabilitated. Purchase of over 1000 motorcycles for security agencies.
*Securing Land for FOB*
Forward Operative Bases in Gembu, Wukari and Karim Lamido Local Government Areas
College of Agric Construction
Construction on-going in the college as Hotels and Classrooms.
*Ministry of Agriculture*
• Purchase of tractors from the Czech Republic (850 tractors)
• Purchase and distribution of fertilizers and animal vaccines
*Ministry of Education*
• Purchase of uniforms, Ipads, Sandals, school bags, books and exercise books; payment of WAEC, NECO, NABTEB, MOCK, BECE, running cost for primary and secondary school, sponsoring of training of teachers as well as exchange programme.
• Purchase of hydrofoam for construction of model primary schools
• Commencement of construction of 60 model schools across the state.
• 50% reduction of school fees in all Tertiary institutions of the State
• SUBEB - Sustaining Counterpart-Funding for UBEC Projects
• Free education for primary and secondary schools
• Sustained payment of Law School fees for Taraba State Law Students
*Security*
• Modem tracking equipment purchased to reduce banditry and other crimes.
• Purchase of sophisticated arms and ammunitions, and other gadgets.
• Monthly expenditure of security operations across the state.
Engagement with Foreign Investors
• Culminating in the first Taraba State Investment Summit on 21st May, 2025
Presidential Lodge
• Work on-going with remodeling and upgrading of the facility.
*Roads*
• Sustaining the construction of Dakka Road
• Sustaining the construction of Kurmi Road
• Sustaining the construction of Pantisawa Road
• Drawing and design of Ibi- Wukari-Jalingo-Zing Federal Road on-going.
*Tourism*
• Resuscitating the Nwunyo Fishing Festival, the award of construction of Nwunyo Resorts completed.
• Award of the Mambilla Resorts through public partnership completed
• Foreign engagement and collaboration with ANI at the Gashaka Gumti
established.
Pension and Gratuity
• More pensions enrolled both in the state and local government abandoned since 2017.
• Payment of gratuities abandoned since 2012 and now paid up to 2014/2015
Water Resources
• Sustaining the completion of greater Jalingo scheme by SCC.
• Construction and drilling of boreholes across the state through various
counterpart interventions.
*Health*
• Upgrading and handing Wukari Specialist Hospital to FUW as Teaching Hospital.
• Award and reconstruction of Warwar General Hospital.
• Award to reconstruct Takum and Bali general hospitals
• Purchase of CT Scan Machines for installation in the Jalingo Specialist
Hospital
• Sustained purchase of essential drugs and counterpart fundings
• Completion of Ussa General Hospital Lissam.
• Award of construction of Specialist Hospital in Karim Lamido
*Commerce*
• Construction of Wukari International Yam Market on-going.

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