Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday, 20th January visit Kaduna for a two-day working visit.
The development was made known on Wednesday in a statement issued by Muyiwa Adekeye, the Spokesman to Governor Nasir El-Rufai.
Adekeye said the president “will commission several important projects” during the two-day visit from Thursday to Friday.
According to the statement, Buhari will visit the three major towns of Kaduna, Zaria and Kafanchan, and will also be shown round road projects across the state executed by the El-Rufai administration.
Adekeye said the projects that will be inaugurated by the president included the remodelled Murtala Muhammed Square, which is located in Kaduna city, the Infectious Disease Hospital, located at Mando, the Dangote Peugeot Automobile Nigeria Limited along the Kaduna-Abuja expressway, and the Sabon Gari market in Zaria.
The statement further said Buhari will also inaugurate the reconstructed Kawo flyover, which has three grand rotaries and access roads, the dualised WAFF Road, as well as road projects in Kafanchan and Zaria.
Already, the state government is putting finishing touches to preparations to receive the president.
Major streets and roundabouts in some strategic locations have been cleaned, some renovated in anticipation of the president’s visit.
Kaduna is one of the North-west states facing serious security challenges.
However, THEWILL learnt that Security agencies have been mobilised to ensure a hitch-free visit by the president.
