26th April, 2018
Mr Usman Sabo, District Head of Gurupata community, Gwagwalada Area Council, has appealed to the council’s authorities to provide basic infrastructure that would improve the standard of living of the people.
Sabo made the appeal in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gwagwalada, on Thursday.
According to him, the community lacks primary healthcare facilities, potable water and good access road to convey farm produce to the market.
“I want to appeal to the council to provide this area with social amenities such as potable water and electricity, to improve on our standard of living.
“Our roads are not passable and we find it difficult to convey our farm produce to the market for sales.
“We have no light in this community and we travel far distance to Gwagwalada town to access healthcare,’’ he said.
The district head said that the provision of infrastructure would go a long way in improving the standard of living of the people and reduce poverty in the community.
He, however, called on residents in the area to support the council administration to enable it succeed.
Sabo also urged the people in the community to live peacefully, irrespective of ethnic or religious differences in order to achieve speedy development of the society.
He said that the appeal was important, considering the importance of peace to the socio-economic development of the society.
“The security challenges facing some parts of the country have affected our lives and socio-economic development of the country negatively.
“No nation or society can develop in an atmosphere where there is conflict, rancour and disagreement.
“I call people in the community and other Nigerians to live in peace and tolerate one another, irrespective of ethnic, religion and political affiliation,” Sabo said.
He also called on the youths to be law abiding, respect constituted authorities and not to engage in vices capable of tarnishing their image and the image of the country at large.