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100 Schools Built in the Last Five Years in Borno
100 Schools Built in the Last Five Years in Borno
By: Michael Mike
Borno State government has said over 100 schools were built in the last five years by the present administration of Governor Babagana Zulum.
The Borno State Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Engineer Lawan Wakilbe said this during the inauguration of six newly built schools by the state governor.
He said: “The state government has since 2019 under the Zulum led administration built over one hundred schools to provide access to quality education for Borno children.
Wakilbe assued of continued unwavering commitment towards the revamping of the education sector in Borno State.
Zulum during the commissioning said it was part of measures to boost access to quality education and reduce the number of out of school children in the state.
The governor who also launch the distribution of back to school materials such as Books , Uniforms , Schools bags and others items to ease learning for 100,000 students who will be enrolled in public schools across the state for the 2024/2025 academic session, noted that the six newly commissioned schools spread acrros the densely populated areas of Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC) and environs,
According to the governor, this new schools was part of the the 52 school built in many parts of the state through a loan facility secured by the Borno State Government from the World Bank and being implemented by the Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning and Entrepreneurship ( AGILE ) project .
He said the loan facility is expected to be paid back within a period of 25 years and a 5 year moratorium.
Zulum, who spoke at the elaborate occasion at the Government Day Secondary School- a school that had been operating at a temporary site since establishment in 1980, said his administration is leaving no stone unturned in its genuine quest to revamp the education sector.
The governor stated that deliberate steps are being taken to provide access to quality education for Borno children and also invest massively in training and retraining of teachers in the state .
Zulum said his administration is also considering the construction of befitting accommodation for teachers in remote areas close to locations of the new schools .
He said. “When we took over the mantle of leadership as Government of Borno state,, we decided to provide access to ensure children’s enrollment in schools. Boko Haram insurgency has created a severe gap in that direction. So, AGILE was meant to breach the education gap, especially in girl-child education.
“I believe after I complete my tenure, the next Governor , if he wants to work, I think he will divert most of his attention to service delivery because I would have done so much in the construction of schools in Borno State.”
The governor explained that out of the 52 schoos being built under the AGILE project, only five schools are yet to be constructed, revealing that the “state government will soon commence the construction to the five schools- they are High Islamic Schools and would sited in five local government areas of Chibok, Marte , Gwoza, Bama and in Benishiek in Kaga local government area.
Zulum said: “What we’re looking for is to see how we shall intensify intensive literacy, intensive numeracy , digital literacy and above all technical and vocational education in these schools.”
The National Project Coodinator of AGILE. Hajia Amina Haruna commended the state government for its giants strides at revamping the education sector saying that the state is one of the best out of the 18 AGILE implementating states .
She stated that the AGILE project is aimed at ensuring enrolment, retention, and completion of secondary schools by adolescent girls through renovation of existing schools infrastructure and also build new class rooms.
Amina added ” We are constructing separate functional WASH facilities – Water , Sanitation And Hygiene – Toilet for girls is all our secondary schools in the implementing states to make girls comfortable .
” AGILE in recognition of the nexus between poverty and education, especially in the rural communities, have designed a financial incentives called the conditional cash transfer for the poorest household to help our adolescent girls enroll , retain and complete secondary school education in all our 18 implementing states .” AGILE National Project Coordinator said .
100 Schools Built in the Last Five Years in Borno
VP Shettima commissions Borno’s 375 tractors refurbished by NASENI
… 351 farm implements delivered by Zulum, commissioned
By: Our Reporter
Vice President Kashim Shettima has commissioned the 375 tractors belonging to Borno State Government which have been fully refurbished by the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) under the National Assets Recovery, Refurbishment and Redeployment Project (Asset Restore Project).
The event was held on Sunday at the Borno State Agricultural Mechanisation Authority (BOSAMA) headquarters in Maiduguri.
VP Shettima commended Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, stating, “My greatest commendation to the Governor of Borno State for his commitment to providing leadership in the state.”
Vice President Shettima also praised NASENI for its commitment to enhancing Nigeria’s agricultural productivity through innovative infrastructure support under its asset restoration programme.
“We have seen NASENI at work, playing critical roles in our interventions in compressed natural gas (CNG) retrofitting, renewable energy technologies, and agricultural mechanisation. We are reminded more than ever that we can’t create durable Nigerian solutions to Nigerian problems unless we localise global technologies and relevant agencies must be supported to point us towards a stable nation and a promising future,” the Vice President said.
Speaking earlier, Governor Zulum acknowledged the Vice President’s numerous interventions in the agricultural mechanisation of Borno during his tenure as Governor of Borno State from 2011 to 2019.
He said, “Let me bring to the kind notice of this gathering that these tractors were procured by my predecessor, Senator Kashim Shettima, when he was the Governor of Borno State. He procured 1000 tractors and their implements.”
The Governor added, “He did not stop at that, but he also procured 250 units each of groundnut diggers, fertiliser broadcasters, rotovators, bailers and 25 units of combined harvesters. At a time when it would have been politically safe to focus only on short-term interventions, he chose instead to make a long-term investment in the future of our people.”
Speaking separately, the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari and the Vice Chairman/CEO of NASENI, Khali Sulieman Halilu, commended Governor Babagana Umara Zulum for the leadership he has provided.
… 351 farm implements delivered by Zulum, commissioned
Meanwhile, Vice President Kashim Shettima also commissioned 351 units of implements procured by the administration of Professor Babagana Umara Zulum.
The implements according to Borno State Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Engr Bawu Musami, comprise 121 units of disc ploughs, 180 units of disc harrows, grain threshers, rotary slashers and 6-cubic-meter diesel tankers.
VP Shettima commissions Borno’s 375 tractors refurbished by NASENI
Three bandits killed, one arrested alive by security forces in Zamfara
By: Zagazola Makama
Atleast three suspected armed bandits were killed while one arrested and two motorcycles recovered during an ambush by local vigilante operatives attached to the troops of Operation FANSAN YANMA in Maru Local Government Area of the state.
Zagazola Makama gathered from reliable sources that the incident occurred on June 6 at about 3:00 p.m. when four suspected bandits riding on two motorcycles were intercepted by members of the local vigilante group, known as Yansakai, while moving between Yan Mangwarora, Mallamawa, and Kurar Mota villages, all in Dansadau District of Maru LGA.
The sources said that the vigilantes engaged the suspects in a confrontation, leading to the neutralisation of three of them, arrest of one, and recovery of two motorcycles used by the bandits.
The arrested bandits was handed over to the police while the corpses of the slain bandits were deposited at General
Hospital, Dansadau.
Three bandits killed, one arrested alive by security forces in Zamfara
Zulum donates N100m to wounded soldiers; families of fallen heroes
By: Michael Mike
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has donated N100 million to aid the families of slain soldiers and those wounded in the ongoing fight against insurgency in the northeast region.
The donation was made on Saturday at an Eid El-Kabir Sallah luncheon hosted jointly by the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, and the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, held at Maimalari Barracks in Maiduguri.
Zulum, while presenting a cheque of N100 million to the Theatre Commander of Operation Hadin Kai, Major General Abdussalam Abubakar, stated that each of the soldiers wounded in action would be given N500,000, while the remaining amount would be distributed among families left by the soldiers killed in action in the ongoing fight against insurgency.
The presentation of the cheque was witnessed by the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar and the Force Commander, Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Major General Godwin Mutkut.
Other prominent personalities present include a member of the House of Representatives, Engr. Bukar Talba, Secretary to Borno State Government, Alhaji Bukar Tijani, Head of Service, Dr Muhammad Ghuluze, Ag Chief of Staff, Dr Babagana Mallumbe, Borno APC Chairman, Hon. Bello Ayuba, among many senior government officials.
Zulum commended the resilience and patriotism of the Nigerian Armed Forces, emphasising that their sacrifices should never be forgotten. He said: “Your commitment on the frontlines, often under extreme conditions and far from your families, is not lost on us. We remain eternally grateful for your service and will never take your sacrifices for granted.”
The Governor also assured the military leadership of his continued support, stating that: “Borno State will continue to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the Nigerian Army and all security agencies in the fight against insurgency and rebuilding our communities for a peaceful and prosperous future.”
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