FG to refund N57bn to Zamfara Govt - Buhari

   

The Federal Gov­ernment says it will soon reim­burse Zamfara State Government with N57 billion.

President Muham­madu Buhari made the promise in Wan­ke, Zamfara State on Wednesday when he inaugurated some roads constructed by the state government.

He said:  

``I have known Governor Ab­dulaziz Yari as one of the performing gov­ernors who has made landmark achieve­ments and l hope he will sustain this to bring more develop­ment to the state.”

The President said the state government had spent over N57 billion in the recon­struction of some federal roads in the state, adding that mo­dalities were being worked out to reim­burse the state. 

He said the journey to fix Nigeria was still in earnest ``which is why we will con­tinue to execute the war against corrup­tion and recover sto­len public funds to be put to correct use,” the President said. 

He urged Nigerians to go into farming and animal-rearing to di­versify the economy.

The President, who described Zamfara as a fertile ground where solid minerals could be tapped, promised that his administra­tion would facilitate the promotion of mining as part of ef­forts to diversify the economy. 

Governor Yari had requested the Federal Government to has­ten the release of the funds the state spent on the rehabilitation of federal roads.