Newnaija Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu has been conferred with the Presidential Award of Excellence and Outstanding Performance in the execution of developmental projects in the state.
Senior Special Assistant to President on Community Engagement, Abdullahi Tanko Yakasai, presented the award to Governor Aliyu at the Government House, Sokoto.
He said the award is in recognition of the Governor’s efforts in evenly transforming the state.
He noted that the Community Engagement Department established by President Bola Tinubu receives feedbacks from the Nigerian populace on various people-oriented programmes being executed by the Federal Government across the country.
He said that 300 slots of the Federal Government’s conditional cash transfer programme have been allocated to students of the Sokoto State University.
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Yakasai pledged to provide additional slots for the state to ensure that more people are enrolled into the programme.
In his response, Governor Aliyu described the award as a clarion call to do more. He praised President Tinubu for the Renewed Hope Agenda which is aimed at transforming the country. “We are 100% behind our dear President and we’d continued to pray for him to succeed”.
On his part, the Minister of State for Water Resources and Sanitation, Bello Muhammad Goronyo said the Federal Government has executed several water projects in the state with more in the pipeline, including an irrigation programme.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
