Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has inspected infrastructure projects that his administration is executing at the Nigeria Law School, Yola Campus, and Yola Town Market, and expressed mixed feelings regarding the ongoing projects.
Governor Fintiri's administration awarded the contract for the construction of hostels for both male and female students to accommodate the growing student population at the campus. The Yola Town Market reconstruction followed the destruction of the old town market by fire in 2024.
Granting an interview to journalists shortly after inspecting the two projects in Yola town on Monday, Governor Fintiri described the two construction works at the Law School and Yola Town Market as "excellent work", progressing according to the agreed timeframe of the contract. Regarding the Yola Town Market, Governor Fintiri stated that all that remains to be completed is the landscaping of the entire market.
Governor Fintiri assured that all construction work in the market will be completed before the rainy season, and commercial activities will resume fully to boost economic activity in the old town.
Governor Fintiri frowned upon the structures erected in Yola Town Market that deviate from the market's master plan.
"You know we are used to cutting corners and indulging in illegalities. And this is one such instance. I have set up a committee to investigate. I think it is necessary," Governor Fintiri said.
"Because from what we have seen, they are wrongly built and were not approved by the government, and we also did not award a contract for the work."
"However, let me wait and receive the committee's report before deploying graders and bulldozers into the market, because if we allow this kind of indiscipline to continue at this level, by the time we hand over the market, we won't know what will happen."
"So, definitely, we have to sanitise the whole system and provide more robust laws that will address such illegality in the future, as we hand over the market to the management," Governor Fintiri concluded.
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