President Goodluck Jonathan will on Thursday inaugurate the first Federal High Court complex in Nasarawa State, Minister of Information, Labaran Maku has said.
Speaking in Nasarawa Eggon at the weekend during the inauguration of constituency projects executed by Mr Mohammed Muluku, the member representing Nasarawa Eggon East in the state legislature, the minister said the people of Nasarawa State would, with the inauguration of the complex in Lafia, no longer need to travel to such places as Benue and Plateau in the search of justice.
According to Maku, the completion of the court complex’s construction is an indication of the confidence and love of President Goodluck Jonathan for the people of the state.
“Before now, the people of Nasarawa State travel as far as Jos in Plateau or Makurdi in Benue to seek justice in the federal high courts. But now the story has changed,” he said.
“The president has supported the building and completion of the Federal High Court complex in Lafia. It is the first in the state and will be commissioned by Jonathan himself on July 4.”
He disclosed that the PDP-led government at the federal level and its representatives in the state legislature are committed to the welfare of the people.
“The court project is just one among the numerous people-oriented projects embarked upon by the PDP government,” he said, adding that other projects are at different stages of completion in the state. He also said the federal government has approved the construction of a N2 billion electricity sub-station in Lafia.
“The project will take off as soon as the state government makes land available for the commencement of work,” Maku said, urging the people of the state, particularly those in the Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Area, to remain steadfast with the party, as “more projects will be delivered in due course.”
The minister also urged the party faithful in the area to embrace peace and imbibe the culture of tolerance and forgiveness as the state strives to overcome the challenges of insecurity. He also advised youths in the area not to allow themselves to be used for destructive activities. Mr. Maku assured them that the federal government was working on increasing the state’s quota in the SURE-P employment programme. He further told the PDP faithful in the Nasarawa Eggon area that the party would return to power by 2015, saying the party’s structures in the state are still firm.
The projects relate to youth empowerment and provision of water, worth several millions of Naira, and were inaugurated by the minister, who was accompanied by Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr Musa Mohammed.
