By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri –
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Thursday led Borno’s delegation to the Yobe State Government Education Appeal Fund Raising, held in Abuja.
The event which was chaired by Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, was co-hosted by Governor Mai Mala Buni and the Senate President, Senator Ahmad Lawan who hails from Yobe.
Governor Zulum and other stakeholders in Borno State donated a combined sum of N115m to support Yobe State.
In his remark, the governor announced the donation of N50 million naira from the Borno State Government, while N45m donation was on behalf of Borno’s three Senators, 10 members of the House of Representatives, 28 State Assembly members, APC State Executives, Chairmen of the 27 LGAs, members of the State Executive Council, Special Advisers and other key stakeholders.
He noted that whatever affects Yobe, invariably affects Borno, hence the interest in supporting the neighbouring state.
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Before Zulum’s donation, Governor of Ekiti State and Chairman of the Nigerian Governor’s Forum, Kayode Fayemi, announced that Borno State Government had contributed N20m to a pull of the funds raised by 35 states besides Yobe, being the beneficiary.
He explained that each of the 35 States donated N10m, but Borno added another N10m.
With that N20m and Zulum’s announcement of N95m, the combined sum of N115m came from Borno State Government and its key stakeholders.
Zulum commended the Yobe State Government for its drive towards transforming the education sector.
“Let me begin by applauding the vision of Yobe state Government for organizing this very important fund-raising with a view to addressing the deteriorating education in Yobe state.
” In addition to the monetary sum, I want to inform the Governor of Yobe state that insha’Allah, we will sacrifice time and energy to contribute in sharing thoughts towards the development of Yobe State education sector particularly in capacity building” Zulum said.
The Professor recalled that the six states in the northeast, made up of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe had suffered losses to the tune of about $6.9 billion from the deadly activities of Boko Haram insurgents, hence the need for support from well-meaning persons and groups.
He said the insurgents were particular about destroying the education sector in the northeast in line with their ideology, hence Yobe’s focus on reviving education.
The highest point of the event was the donation of one billion naira by the chief launcher, Alhaji Dahiru Bara’u Mangal, who is the Chairman of Mangal group.
Alhaji Aliko Dangote donated N350million and Abdul Samad Rabiu gave N300million. There were numerous donations from other dignitaries and invited guests supporting Yobe’s developmental vision through a fund that has a board of trustees to manage the implementation of key educational programmes.
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