Tag: Gov Babagana Zulum

2023 CENSUS: Borno Deputy Governor inaugurates Publicity committee

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Seventeen member Census Publicity Committee under the chairmanship of the Borno State Deputy Governor, Umar Usman Kadafur has been inaugurated today at the council chamber of the Deputy Governor’s office. The Deputy Governor who is also the chairman of the committee while inaugurating the committee said the committee members are appointed based on their individual merit,experience and personal integrity and therefore they should work hard to justify the confidence reposed in them government assuring that they should be given all the necessary support to them carryout their assignments successfully. The…

Gov Zulum extends teachers’ retirement age by 5 years

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Borno State Governor ,Babagana Zulum has extended the retirement age of teachers in the state by five years.   This is contained in a circular from the Borno State Teaching Service Board signed by the Permanent Secretary, Malam Yusuf Garga.   “The attention of all teachers is hereby drawn to the fact that Governor Babagana Zulum has approved the extension of years of service of all teachers in Borno State from 35 to 40 and from 60 to 65 by age whichever comes first.   “All interested teachers willing to…

Time to relocate Maiduguri Monday Market, by Hassan Gimba

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Maiduguri, the capital and the largest city of Borno State, was founded in 1907 as a military outpost by the British colonial authority. It consists of two cities – Yerwa to the west and Old Maiduguri to the east. While Yerwa was founded in 1907 by Sheikh Abubakar Garbai as the capital of the Bornu Kingdom, old Maiduguri was selected by the British as their military headquarters, replacing Mafoni. The same year it became the location for the British Resident Commissioner over British Bornu. In 1957 Yerwa became the designated…

Governor Zulum’s Trajectory In Human Capital Development and Infrastructure, By ABUBAKAR YUSUF.

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In the last four years of Professor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno state , no doubt the proliferation of all round development and human capital breakthroughs had gone beyond human imaginations.   These achievements justified the argument of the political class and opinion moulders along with stakeholders stance in the state that his choice will provide alot of development to the ancient kingdom, desiring more leadership innovations.   it also gave credence to the choice of his predecessor whose insistence to succeed him in 2019 after his constitutional terms in…

Borno Govt hails SIIP-NE, counts losses occasioned by insurgency

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The Borno state government has reiterated its commitment to support the Special Independent Investigative Panel on Human Rights Violations in the Counter Insurgency Operations in the North East (SIIP-NE), stated that the conflict in the area has affected the people of the state adversely. The Governor of the state, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum who stated this when the Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Chief Tony Ojukwu led members of the panel on a courtesy visit to the government house.   The Governor who was represented at…

Zulum replies ex-DSS chief, says ‘I never defied security reports’

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Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has denied claims that he defied security reports before the multiple attacks on his convoy by terrorists at Baga. Last week, former Deputy Director of Department of State Services (DSS), Dennis Amakiri, had said that the governor defied warnings by security operatives against going out of Maiduguri. A senior official in Borno government told The Guardian on Saturday that the governor could not have ignored warnings from his security details. According to him, Borno has a security council comprising heads of all military and…

Senate President condoles with Gov Zulum over death of Chief of Staff,Babagana Wakil

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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has sent his condolences to the Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, over the death of his Chief of Staff, . Babagana Wakil. Lawan commiserated with the family of Wakil and the government and people of Borno over the sad loss. The Senate President said Dr. Wakil was a loyal and trusted aide to the Governor, who had made a great contribution to the efforts of the state government in rebuilding a state that has been devastated by several years of a mindless insurgency.…