By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri –
The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has commissioned The Government Technical College and a primary healthcare centre in Mbalala village of Chibok Local Government Area of the state.
Governor Zulum had departed Maiduguri on Sunday, passed the night in Chibok and commissioned the remodeled Government Secondary School, Chibok, moved to Damboa on Monday, passed the night there and supervised distribution of food and social protection cash to displaced families on Tuesday
The Governor then returned to Chibok same Tuesday for the commissioning of the college and health centre in Mbalala before moving to Askira town in Askira-Uba Local Government Area to pass the night.
Meanwhile, during his activities in Damboa, the governor assessed the ongoing construction of 500 low cost houses built for the resettlement of some families displaced by Boko Haram.
He also visited The Government Technical College where the state government has completed the construction of 20 classrooms and the Damboa Police Divisional Headquarters and police personnel quarters, which was recently rehabilitated by the state government.
Governor Zulum also inspected the ongoing construction of Damboa- Chibok road on which Borno’s commissioner of works, Arch. Yerima Saleh, gave update, that the project was at 75% completion stage.
The governor is being accompanied in the ongoing tour by the Senator representing Southern Borno, Muhammad Ali Ndume, state chairman of APC Ali Bukar Dalori and members of House of Representatives, Usman Jaha and Dr Haruna Mshelia whose constituencies were being visited, as well as other top government officials from Southern Borno.