Obaro of Kabba commends Yahaya Bello for rehabilitating abandoned township roads

The Obaro of Kabba and Chairman Okun Traditional Council, Oba Solomon Owoniyi, on Tuesday, commended Governor Yahaya Bello (GYB) of Kogi State for rehabilitating some dilapidated township roads in Kabba which had been abandoned for decades.
Awoniyi made the commendation when a team under the aegis of Forum of Special Advisers to GYB, paid a courtesy visit to the paramount ruler in Kabba, during a project inspection tour, tagged: GYB Legacy Projects’ Tour”
He commended the forum for taking up the task of showcasing the tremendous achievements of Governor Yahaya Bello to Nigerians and the world.
He described the governor as a “jinx’s breaker” who remained concerned and committed to the development of Okun land and the state, stressing that the Okun people were feeling his impact.
The paramount ruler thanked the governor for the several infrastructure projects executed and ongoing across Okun land, saying, “the reign of Yahaya Bello as governor of Kogi State has brought development to Kabba in particular”.
He further commended the governor for rehabilitating many dilapidated township roads in Kabba particularly Kano road in Asuta which had been abandoned for decades by the past administrations in the state.
The Obaro assured the forum of his continuous support and that of his subjects to the State Government under the leadership of Yahaya Bello, saying, ”we will continue to reciprocate the goodness of the governor”.
Earlier, the Forum’s Chairman, Mr Usman Ochidi, said that the tour was aimed at projecting  to the world, the legacy projects that had been executed and ongoing ones across the three senatorial districts of the state.
Ochidi stated that the governor remained very much committed and dedicated to the welfare of the people of the state, adding that they wanted him to replicate the government’s gesture at the national level.
The forum later visited some rehabilitated and ongoing road projects in Kabba.
The roads inspected included: Kano road, St Barnabas-Orita Opolo, St Barnabas-St Joseph road, St Barnabas-Anglican Cathedral road, NTA roundabout-St Monica- junction road, among others.
Speaking to newsmen after inspection, Mr Olabode Adeyemi, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Civil Service and Labour Matters, described Bello as a pragmatic and detribalised leader whom was security conscious and projects oriented.
Adeyemi, who is a Kabba indigene, said most of the rehabilitated roads in the Kabba township used to be the worst roads in the entire area, and thanked the governor for considering Kabba for those kind of projects.
”We appreciate the governor for not just giving us a road but roads with standard drainage system, which is ‘GYB Standard’, that would make the roads to last longer,” he said.