PEER REVIEW TOUR OF LEGACY PROJECTS IN SOKOTO STATE PART 3:International Conference Centre, Sokoto

 BY Patrick PA Okon

The International Conference Centre, Sokoto, was commissioned by former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday, November 21, 2018.

Interestingly, this high-brow facility was initiated by the Wammako administration, but completed by the incumbent administration of Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal.

The ampi-theatre which has a sitting capacity of 1200 will complement the New Sokoto City (NSC) which is coming on stream very soon.

The conference centre will also have an international hotel attached to it, aside plans for a Golf Course, Race Course, a 3-2-4 Housing Estate amongst others that will sit in the technologically-driven Smart City.

Below are the pictorial highlights.












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