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MCRP Project: World Bank Promises to look into concerns and worries of northeast governors
MCRP Project: World Bank Promises to look into concerns and worries of northeast governors
The World Bank Country Director Mr Shubham Chaudri has assured governor’s of the BAY states, Borno, Adamawa and Yobe of taking their worries and concerns of the MCRP implementing states to the World Bank headquarters.
Speaking to governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe state with his Borno state counterparts, Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno and Umar Fintiri of Adamawa state who was represented by his Deputy, Mr. Seth Crowther, on Tuesday in Abuja, the World Bank Director said he also shared in their worries looking at the current situations in their various states.
A statement from the Director-General Media and Press Affairs to Governor Buni, Mamman Mohammed said, the meeting was centred on the implementation of the Multi-Sectoral Crisis Recovery Projects (MCRP) in the North-Eastern states.
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MCRP is a World Bank funded project which supports the Governments of BAY and other states towards rehabilitating and improving critical service delivery, infrastructure, livelihood communities, and strengthening social cohesion in the region.
Governor Buni, according to Mohammed, “urged the Bank to speed up completion of MCRP projects in the state including the Gujba-Mutai Road.”
He cautioned that delay in releasing funds for the projects will only attract inflation because of the decline in foreign Exchange.
The Governors said, “the only way to meet Terms of Reference (ToR) according to the Work Plan, and to recover the 15 months earlier lost in the implementation process, is to hasten up.”
Also speaking governor Zulum of Borno state said “We are here to appreciate the good works the World Bank through the MCRP is doing in our post-insurgency situation. Alot of our people who were hitherto displaced by the crisis have relocated back to their ancestral homes to pick up livelihood, and there are more areas that need our collective intervention to restore hope to these hopeless people
“On behalf of the BAY states, I urge the Bank to speed up completion of all MCRP projects in the three states, as delay in releasing funds for the projects will only attract inflation due to increase in foreign Exchange.” Zulum observed
MCRP Project: World Bank Promises to look into concerns and worries of northeast governors
ISWAP Terrorists Kill Hunters’ Leader in Borno
By: Zagazola Makama
Suspected ISWAP terrorists have killed the chairman of the hunters’ group in Garjang village, Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State.
Sources told Zagazola Makama that the incident occurred at about 5 a.m. on Sunday.
The victim, identified as Habu Dala, 53, was abducted from his home by the terrorists, who took him through Mulharam to Forfot villages in Damboa LGA.
Villagers mobilised in search of Dala and later found his corpse bearing gunshot wounds.
Troops of Operation HADIN KAI, members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), and the hunters’ group visited the scene.
The remains were evacuated to the General Hospital, Damboa, where he was certified dead and later released to his family for burial in accordance with Islamic rites.
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Nine Injured in Kwali Farmers–Herders Clash
By: Zagazola Makama
Nine persons sustained machete injuries in a clash between Bassa farmers and Fulani herders in Gomoni Village, Kwali Area Council of the FCT.
Sources told Zagazola Makama that the fight, which broke out on Aug. 9 at about 3:30 p.m., followed alleged destruction of melon and maize farms belonging to the Bassa community by cattle.
It was gathered that the Nigeria army troops
along with joint team of operatives, and vigilantes were deployed to the scene following a distress call.
Six Bassa and three Fulani victims with varying degrees of machete cuts were taken to Rhema Foundation Hospital, Kwali, for treatment.
Authorities confirmed that the situation had been brought under control and normalcy restored, while investigation was ongoing.
Nine Injured in Kwali Farmers–Herders Clash
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VP Shettima Attends Wedding Fatiha Of Aisha Shehu Aliyu and Muhammad Jalal Babangida Aliyu
VP Shettima Attends Wedding Fatiha Of Aisha Shehu Aliyu and Muhammad Jalal Babangida Aliyu
By: Our Reporter
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Saturday attended the wedding fatiha of Aisha, daughter of Shehu Aliyu, an Executive Director with First Bank of Nigeria, and Muhammad Jalal, son of former Niger State Governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, Talban Minna, at the National Mosque, Abuja.
The solemnisation, led by the Chief Imam of the National Mosque, Dr. Muhammad Kabir Adam, alongside other Imams, featured prayers for the couple’s blessings.
Vice President Shettima stood in for the bride, while Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu represented the groom, culminating in the presentation of the dowry and the formal tying of the marital knot.
The event was graced by prominent dignitaries, including former Vice President Namadi Sambo, former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, former Kaduna State Governor Ahmed Makarfi, former Minister of Special Duties Kabiru Turaki, Katsina State Deputy Governor Faruk Lawal Jobe, the Emir of Borgu, Niger State, Muhammad Sani Dantoro among many others.
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