By Usman M. Aliyu
The Emir of Karaye Alhaji Dr. Ibrahim Abubakar II has constituted eleven standard committees for the implementation of the karaye ten years Blue Print agenda.
This was contained in a statement issued to Newsmen on Friday and signed by Malam Haruna Gunduwawa, the Chief Information Officer at Karaye emirate council.
The committees include, Committee of works under the chairmanship of Alhaji Abdullahi Aminu the Turaki of Karaye, Education under Chairmanship of Alhaji Muhammad Mahraz the Wambai of Karaye, Committee of Elders. Finance, Zakkat and Hubsi Committee to be chaired by Alhaji Surajo Garba the Galadima of Karaye while that of Health and Social Development is headed y the former Executive Secretary of State Rehabilitation Board Alhaji Ahmad Bello Rogo the Barade of Karaye.
Other committees are commerce and industry under leadership of the Chiroma of Karaye Alhaji Balarabe Surajo, Security Committee under Chairmanship of Police Commissioner (RTD) and Barde Kerarriya of Karaye Alhaji Shehu Kabiru Bayero and Admin and General Services Committee under Chairmanship of the Magajin Gari of Karaye as well as Senior Councilor Engineer Shehu Ahmed.
The rest are Committee of Agriculture which has the Waziri of Karaye Alhaji Musa Muhammad as its Chairman while Alhaji Ibrahim Sani the Sarkin Shanu of Karaye and Alhaji Abba Muhammad the Ma’ajin Watari of Karaye were to chair History and culture as well as Communal Development committees respectively.
Speaking while inaugurating the committees in his palace, the Emir of Karaye Alhaji Dr. Ibrahim Abubakar II said, the Karaye emirate ten years Blue Print is a road map towards transforming the Emirate so as to compete with any other Emirate in Africa targeting in ten years.
Alhaji Dr. Ibrahim Abubakar II disclosed further that, the Blue Print is consists of ninten key points which includes inviting Companies that would modernize Karaye town planning, invest in establishment of aviation college, University and other Educational institutions as well as in law cost estates development.
Other points are to invite business partners that would invest in the establishment of rice processing Mills and construction of warehouses for downloading of essentially commodities direct from the manufacturing industries for selling to traders from Katsina , Kaduna, Sokoto, Zamfara and Kebbi States.
The Emir maintained that, the Karaye emirate blue print is also aimed at mobilizing partners to invest in improving the tradition and cultural heritage and tourism attraction by sponsoring fishing festival, house ricing, hawan kaho among others in the Emirate.
The Monarch said, he is strongly believed that, with establishment of such committees and the kind of people involved, the Karaye emirate ten years Blue Print would yield a fruitful result.
He therefore enjoined Members of the committees to use their old experience and professionalism in order to justify the confidence reposed in them.