The governor said the region’s leadership was ready to give their best in the development and implementation of the 10-year (2020-2030) master plan of the region.
The projects include the Custom flyover, 20km Custom-Muna dual carriageway; Centre For Distance Learning, University of Maiduguri among others.
The road was closed in 2012, due to activities of the Boko Haram insurgents.
Bandits on Sunday, October 17, killed no less than 43 persons at the Goronyo Market in the eastern part of Sokoto State.
The state governor said there were plans to repatriate displaced persons from neighbouring Cameroon and Niger Republics.
The governor said the state was rehabilitating so as to reintegrate them into the society.
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno says if the government did not accept ‘repentant’ Boko Haram insurgents, they would join another terrorist group.
Zulum also approved scholarships from primary to tertiary education for children of Civilian Joint Task Force, hunters, and vigilantes supporting the military.
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno has approved N12.8 million assistance for 641 Borno indigenes who qualified for the final screening in the recruitment into the Nigerian Army.
