The Federal Government of Nigeria has blamed the state governments for concentrating their infrastructural projects in the state capitals and cities and abandoning those in the rural area areas, a situation it said was responsible for about 130 million Nigerians being multi-dimensionally poor because they lack access to education, water and good healthcare.
The states were therefore urged to spread their infrastructural developments for the benefit of all.
The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba stated this Benin City weekend when he inaugurated 19-kilometre road, water projects, solar-powered street lights, markets and others in Ikoro and Agbomoba communities in Ovia North East local government area of Edo State.
After inspecting federal government projects at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) and the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital in Uselu, Agba urged Nigerians to look inward for medical attention rather than going abroad based on the facilities and qualified medical personnel in Nigerian hospitals.