The pioneer Director General of Zamfara State Rural Access Roads Agency (RARA), Engr. Haruna Dikko Gusau has said that the Agency was instituted to create and improve connectivity, access to healthcare facilities and emergencies, and to enhance socio- economic growth and development in the state.
This was communicated by the pioneer Director General of RARA, Engr. Haruna Dikko Gusau, while briefing Journalists in his office in Gusau, the state capital, said the key objective of creating the Rural Access Roads Agency (RARA) is to build road infrastructure, bridges and culverts and make way for equal development in localities and bring people in the rural areas closer to the programmes and policies of the state government.
Dikko Gusau, said as a leader of this dream manifestation team, the first of its kind, creatively instituted by Governor Dauda Lawal, “My major duty is to ensure the realisation of the good ambition of the Governor in reaching out to the rural areas and making roads accessible for easy transportation of goods & services for the promotion of socio- economic growth for our people”.
He recalled that, since the inception of his administration, Governor Dauda Lawal’s “Rescue Mission” agenda for the State, centred on six key pillars designed to revitalise the state, primarily focusing on security, agricultural transformation, educational reform, and infrastructure development, etc. His administration aims to transform the state into an agro-industrial hub while securing more investments.
“This cannot be done in the urban areas alone. His Excellency saw the people in the rural areas as major stakeholders in the execution of his administration’s agenda, hence the creation of RARA,” he said.
Again, “The sincere implementation of the six-point agenda can not be completed without gaining access for the people in the rural areas who also deserve to feel the impact of the present administration”.
“Strategically, Roads, Culverts, and Bridges may first be created in hard-to-reach areas to create access for the people living in those areas with a view to easing their lives”.
“In addition to providing easy access for various security personnel in the event of emergencies in rural areas. With RARA, farmers in our localities will have it easy to bring their farm produce seamlessly to market and make way for investors to penetrate our rural areas and invest in farming for increased food security within and outside the state.
“The good people of the state will stand a chance of appreciating the good works of Governor Dauda Lawal’s led administration because, the large farm products produced by farmers in the rural areas will now be moved to our urban markets with lesser efforts and providing the local farmers with reserved energy for more productivity and the consumers in the urban areas and other parts of the country, availability of the food at affordable prices.
“RARA focuses on planning, development, and implementation of programs and policies that would better the lives of people living in the rural areas”, Dikko Gusau has reiterated.
The DG described the unity of the past and current Governors of the state as a great opportunity to aspire for better opportunities for the state and expand the scope of the administration for greater achievements.
He lauded the leadership acumen of Governor Dauda Lawal, describing him as an Excellent Personality and a creative leader who is poised to promote and administer his people with honour and provision of viable projects that are characterised with quality and cost effectiveness.
He reiterated by calling everyone in the state to come together in unity, promoting peace, and social cohesion in ensuring the return of Governor Dauda Lawal for a second term come the 2027 general elections.
