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Gwaram LG To Spend N1b On Social Amenities By Abubakar Sharada, Reporter, DutseGwaram Local Government Area in Jigawa State is to spend about N1 billion on provision of basic social amenities to its people this fiscal year. This was disclosed by the council chairman, Alhaji Bala Sule Kila, in an interview with Daily Independent on Tuesday. Kila said the council would construct an ultra-modern secretariat and roads to link Kila to Lumba, as well as those to link Haya to Laya and Jingino to Sinmoyo. He pointed out that when the roads are completed, they would ease transportation problem in the area. Kila also said Gwaram local government would construct drainages at Sabuwar Gwaram, Basirka, and Zandar Gabas. He disclosed that as a way to improve revenue generation, the council would construct some motor parks at Dingawa, Kila, and Tsandarwa. On Islamic and Western education, Kila said the council would provide 12 Islamiyya schools in addition to five junior and five senior staff quarters to address the problem of accommodation. He said the local government would construct 11 open wells - one in each of the 11 wards in the council area - and build mosques at Haya, Rabadi Martaba, and Unguwar Ganji villages. The council chairman promised to electrify Tarzara, Jingino, and Kwandiga in the current fiscal year.
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