Babagana Zulum

Babagana Umara Zulum CON (born 25 August 1969) is a Nigerian professor and politician who has served as governor of Borno State since 2019 under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Quotes I address you today (yesterday) at a moment that requires both our solemn reflection and our resolute unity. Zulum reflects on the insecurity in Born, urges for prayers Fellow citizens, the recent resurgence of insecurity in parts of our dear state over the past few weeks is deeply concerning. As the Chief Security Officer, let me assure you that the overall security environment, while tested, remains under control, and we are doing everything possible to protect lives and property. Zulum reflects on the insecurity in Born, urges for prayers Over the past seven years, we have worked tirelessly to restore peace and prosperity to the great land and rebuild our state. Within the period, we have responded with prompt, positive actions on every occasion. Zulum reflects on the insecurity in Born, urges for prayers I came to see the president with respect to the recent happenings in my state, especially the attacks in Gubio and Magumeri local government areas in northern Borno and other localities in the state. Zulum states reasons of his coming to the villa Well, the president has assured the government and people of Borno State that he will do everything possible to ensure that properties, lives and citizens of the state are protected. Zulum states reasons of his coming to the villa On my own part as the governor, first of all, I wish to call on the people of Borno State to be patient while we try to strengthen the civilian JTF as well as supplement the efforts of the Nigerian military as well as the Nigerian police. Zulum states reasons of his coming to the villa When you look at the Nigerian Constitution, it has clearly spelt out the powers of the state government, the powers of the federal government as well as the Nigerian militar One peculiar problem we have in Borno is that it shares borders with three countries – Republic of Niger, Republic of Chad as well as the Republic of Cameroon. Going back to the poverty index, you can recall that climatic situation in the region. We have three major climatic regions in Nigeria – the humid region, semi-arid region as well as the arid region. Borno State is semi-arid region, it is an extreme region in northern Borno. My predecessor has done well in terms of building more schools, recruiting more teachers but I think you are right that the entire problem about employment covers the entire country but because of the porosity of our borders among others, we have major problems in Borno State. This is very important, establishing forest guards will be a game changer. But I want to give an early warning, that these forest guards should be recruited from the communities within the states. We have informants and collaborators within the Nigerian armed forces, within the politicians, and within the communities. What we shall do is to strengthen our intelligence and to deal with them ruthlessly, I cannot completely say that 100% of those people who have surrendered are doing the right thing, but I want to assure you that over 99% are doing well and are not participating in the ongoing terrorism. Insurgency will never be ended by kinetic measures alone. We must ensure that the non-kinetic measures are also properly put in place. We are upgrading the hospital to provide the services needed by the Nigerian Army University in order to establish College of Medical Sciences. By next year, the Army will admit its first set of medical students. In addition the Specialist Hospital will also serve the remaining eight local governments in southern Borno in terms of medical services. We are building another befitting hospital in Biu, which is a 150-bedded hospital. When completed, this to the existing facility, it will have a carrying capacity of between 300 and 400 beds. This means we have upgraded this hospital to a specialist hospital,” the governor stressed We are reintroducing the exchange programme where students from northern and central Borno will be transferred to the school to study. This is to reinvigorate the culture of unity among people of the state, Biu is increasing in terms of population on a daily basis; there is the need for the government of Borno State to increase access, so that more children will be admitted into junior and senior secondary schools. External links Category:Politicians from Nigeria Category:1969 births Category:Living people