A46-man delegation from Ekiti State have undertaken a three-day tour of various project sites in Jigawa State.
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The visit is a follow-up to a similar one by their Governor, Ayodele Fayose two weeks ago.
The delegation headed by Chief Lafimihan Olagunju told newsmen that the delegation is in Jigawa to study progress as recorded by the Turaki administration in Agricultural Extention, Housing Scheme, Information Technology and Independet Power Project.
He said when the delegate finished their assignment, they would recommend to their government areas for co-operation and also appropriate areas where their state could partner with Jigawa State.
Lafimihan who is Commissioner for Water Resources, commended Governor Turaki for his efforts at transforming the fortunes of Jigawa people for the better within the last six years as a governor.
He said, “any serious government with bia for people oriented programmes will identify with Jigawa example."
He expressed satisfaction with the level of development achieved by Turaki within the last six years of Jigawa’s history, adding that his initiatives were worth emulating.
The itenarary of the delegates as prepared by the host state, shows that the team would be in the state for three days.
They are therefore, expected to tour visit project sites of especially on-going ones which that include mainly the prototype housing units in various places around the State, the Buji –Sara road, the Gwaram Bridge,and township roads in Roni on day-one of th visit. Chief Lafimihan Olagunju is also expected to lead his team to Ringim Computer Centre, the Wawan Rafi Sola energy Centre and the State's Informatics School i Kazaure on their second day outing.
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