By Yakubu Ahmed-BK
It is unheard of, for a federal lawmaker to become an all-rounder in the execution of constituency projects in Nigeria. One has emerged in Borno state.
Muktar Betara Aliyu, a member of the House of Representatives has proved that, with the utmost love for his people and a selfless mien, a lawmaker can fill that gap where local, state and federal governments – for obvious reasons of too many competing areas, could just not jell.
He has already scored brilliantly in the area of provision of infrastructures like roads, hospitals, water supply as well as scoring more highly in humanitarian and human capacity building initiatives.
It is on record that he has done much more than any single lawmaker, at whatever level, in the way he commits his entire constituency projects funds to the development of his constituency.
This is aside his penchant to lobby for projects all around federal authorities where such provisions are available.
He represents Biu, Bayo, Shani and Kwaya Kusar federal constituency in Borno state and his people in all the nooks and crannies of the four local government areas have attested to the fact that no one, in the history of representation has done as much in all facets.
After executing many multi billion Naira projects to the satisfaction of his constituency, Muktar Betara Aliyu went a notch higher by building four mini stadia in four locations across the four local government areas.
The world class mini stadia, one each in Shani, Kwaya Kusar, Mirnga and Biu have already been delivered. Only the one in Biu, that is being rehabilitated, is at 80% completion stage currently. The other three, started from the scratch, have fully been completed and are ready to go.
Sports stadiums in the Biu area are important facilities that could become decisive in the overall development of the area. The entire landscape making up the constituency is known as Borno’s most educationally advanced.
With the benefit of education, the youth in the areas require standard sports facilities to develop their mental capacity and test their sporting prowess.
The idea is for those who could excel in sporting activities to make a career out of it even at international stage, by having access to standard training grounds and facilities.
