“… says State Govt. will continue to partner, provide full support for positive investors to thrive, calls on Gunduma community to give full support to G-Complex Nig. Ltd to deliver…”
………. says company has done great for employing, empowering youths, others as well as developing the community in infrastructure.
Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Danladi Jatau, has called on the people of Gunduma community, Karu LGA of the State to give their total support and cooperation to G- Complex Nigeria Limited, a private enterprise in the area to succeed and for the overall development of the community and the State at large.
The Speaker made the call when he led other members of the House to visited the company today in Gunduma, Karu LGA.
Speaker Jatau said that every investor need total support and cooperation of the people of the host community to succeed, hence the need of his call in that direction.
” I received a report from the member representing Uke/Karshi constituency, Hon. Musa Saidu Gude on misunderstanding between some members of Gunduma community and the developer, G- Complex Nigeria Limited.
” I have met with the Village Head, community leaders, youths and other people of this community.
“As an advocate of peace, What we want is peace as Excellency, Engr. Abdullahi Sule is a man of peace.
” I am here to preach peace as peace is paramount and we don’t want any conflict in this community for development to thrive” he said.
Jatau commended the Managing Director of G- Complex Nigeria Limited, Alhaji Abdulhamid Mahmud Zari for developing Gunduma community via infrastructural development and other proejcts in the area.
” I want to commend Alhaji Abdulhamid Mahmud Zarul, the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of G- Compex Nigeria Limited for massively invested his resources in Gudunma community.
” This is somebody that he is not from Nasarawa State but a Nigerian. We appreciate you for all what you are doing in Gunduma community and we urge you to keep it up.
” As you can see, the company has embarked on road, drainages, culverts construction, built schools, Estates among others.
” He has also employed and empowered many youths and other people of the area, we appreciate him for his developmental efforts in Nasarawa State” he said.
The Speaker advised any member or members of the community with grievances with the developer to follow right channels in addressing their demands and not to engage in conflict.
He added that conflict can only take the community backward.
On his part, Hon. Musa Saidu Gude, member representing Uke/Karshi constituency assured the people of the area that the Speaker would intervene in the release of the youths that are in detention over conflicts in the area.
Gude also called on them to give the company their maximum support and cooperation to succeed.
The lawmaker urged them to embrace unity and peace at all times.
On his part, Alhaji Abdulhamid Mahmud Zaril, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director of G- Compex Nigeria Limited, Gudunma, Karu LGA said that the company was established in the area in 2012 with the aimed of improving on the standard of living of the people of the area through various projects.
He appreciated the Speaker of the House and his entourage for the visit, saying that the visit would promote peace and development in the area.
” I have provided infrastructure such as roads, filling station, construction, petrol chemicals, schools among others. We ventured into community development.
” I have employed and empowered many youths and other people of this community.
” The purpose of my investment in this community is to create jobs and improve on the standard of living of the people of the community.
” Mr Speaker, by God’s grace, I have created jobs for the youths and other people of this community, empowerment among other dividends of democracy.
The CEO told the Speaker that lack of understanding and cooperation from the people of the community is his major challenge.
” Anything I want to do for the benefit of the community, some people will kick against it.
” I want to dualize a road, construct other roads in the community and to compensate those that their houses will be affected as a result of my development.
” I told them that I will build houses for those that their houses will be affected as a result of constructing roads, they still kick against it” the CEO said.
On their parts, Mr Jibrin Abdulkadir, the Village Head of Gunduma and Mr Abubakar Ibrahim, Provost, Gudunma Youth Foundation GYF, assured the Speaker of their readiness to talk to their people to give the company maximum support and cooperation to succeed.
They, however, appealed to the Speaker to intervene by releasing some of the youths that are detained over misunderstanding with the company, a request that Speaker promised to look into.