Governor Babagana Umara Zulum
Christmas: Zulum felicitates with Christians, salutes soldiers celebrating while fighting insurgents
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has felicitated with Christians in Borno State as Christmas holds today across the world, saying he salutes soldiers who are celebrating Christmas battling insurgents in order to fully restore peace in Borno. In a message by his spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, the Governor described “Christians in Borno as hard working, […]
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Zulum meets foreign NGOs, CSOs, explains closure of camps, restriction on food aide
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday met with International and Local Non-Governmental Organizations, as well as civil societies during which he once again explained the State Government’s decision for closure of IDP camps and restrictions place of food aide in resettled communities. The meeting came at a time Governor Zulum has released […]
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Fighting Insurgents: Zulum Releases Salary Bonus, Rice to Thousands of Civilian JTFs, Hunters, Others
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Monday in Maiduguri, approved one month salary bonus for thousands of volunteers fighting Boko Haram to groups that include the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) and hunters as end of the year gifts. The Governor included sanitation staff who are involved with cleaning up communities destroyed by […]
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Zulum allocates land for JAMB’s computer-based test centre in Borno
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has directed the allocation of land for the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB’s) computer-based test center in Maiduguri. Zulum gave the directive on Thursday, when he received the registrar of JAMB, Professor Is-haq Oloyede at the Council Chamber of the Government House. The Governor also directed the […]
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Education gets 20% in Borno’s N267 Billion Budget, Capital Projects take 64%
Governor Babagana Zulum on Tuesday presented a budget of N267b for Borno’s 2022 fiscal year, from which the education sector got the largest share of N38 billion, representing 20.22% of the budget size. Addressing lawmakers at the State Assembly in Maiduguri, Zulum announced a total of N267,921,484,000 combining N172, 535,634,000 for capital expenditure, and N95,385,850,000 […]
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Verification: Names of Babies included in Borno State Payroll, N19 million paid to fake employees monthly – Zulum
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has stated that an employee verification exercise uncovered names of babies in the payroll of Shani Local Government Area of the state. The monthly salaries and allowances paid to fake employees including the babies were reportedly siphoned by corrupt officials. According to Report published DAILYTRUST Newspaper online, Prof. […]
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Day-4 in Southern Borno: Zulum Shares Tools to 1,750 Farmers from Bayo, Shani, Hawul
On his fourth day in Southern Borno, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum in Shani shared tools to 1,750 farmers from three Local Government Areas of Bayo, Shani and Hawul. 1,000 farmers from Bayo, 500 from Hawul and 250 from Shani benefited from the intervention. In a brief ceremony held at the Governor’s lodge in Shani, […]
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Day 2 in Southern Borno: Zulum Commissions Schools, Hospital in Kwaya Kusar, asks HMB to Fix General Hospital
On his second day of commissioning tour in southern Borno, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Thursday commissioned a skill acquisition centre and a secondary school in Kwaya Kusar Local Government Area. The governor, after passing Tuesday night at Biryel in Bayo Local Government also spent Wednesday night in Kwaya Kusar Local Government through to […]
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Day-1 in southern Borno: Zulum opens 4 projects in Bayo, Orders hospital rehabilitation, more doctors
In his first day of ongoing commissioning tour of 23 projects in southern Borno, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Wednesday, commissioned a newly mega mega-size Government Day Technical Secondary School sited in Wuyo, Bayo local government area. He also commissioned three other projects in same LGA. Zulum arrived Biryel, headquarters of Bayo on Tuesday […]
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Zulum visits Southern Borno to Commission 23 Projects
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum is in southern Borno senatorial zone to commission 23 government projects, mostly schools and healthcare centres in towns and villages. Zulum arrived Biryel, headquarters of Bayo Local Government Area on Tuesday evening and passed the night there. Today, Wednesday, the Governor kick starts his commissioning of projects from Bayo. The […]
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