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  • UNICEF, Yobe to end water shortage in 336 communities

    UNICEF, Yobe to end water shortage in 336 communities

    Bursari Local Government Council in Yobe, is partnering United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund ( UNICEF ) and the state government, to end the perennial water shortage in 336 rural communities in the area.

    Alhaji Zanna Abatcha, Chairman of the council, gave the hint in an interview on Wednesday in Damaturu.

    He said that water and sanitation facilities worth over N1 billion would be constructed in the 336 communities with severe water scarcity.

    According to him, Unicef, the state and local governments are jointly funding the projects.

    “Unicef is providing N649.6 million, Yobe government, N263.8 million and Bursari Local Government will contribute N111.3 million.”

    Abatcha commended Gov. Ibrahim Geidam of Yobe, for his commitment toward finding a lasting solution to the “age long water scarcity being experienced by these communities.”

    The chairman said  that the project would include 380 hand pump boreholes, 48 solar-powered boreholes and 60 water and sanitation facilities, located in primary schools and health clinics in the local government areaa.

    “Unicef has slated to complete the projects in five months; I assure you the local and state governments will not renege on their plan to provide succour to the communities.

    “This programme is very dear to the governor; it is in tune with this administration’s policy of improving the lives of rural dwellers in the state,” he said.

    Abatcha expressed confidence that the projects will be executed within the time frame slated by Unicef, as they round off their programme in the next five months.

    “The state’s Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency ( RUWASSA ) has commenced preliminary works, while local government authority, community leaders, water coordinators and other stakeholders are being trained on maintenance and ownership of the projects.”

    According to the council chairman, the projects will provide 90 per cent of water needs of the communities, to tally with the water and sanitation reform programme.

    NAN

  • Yobe donates vehicles worth N350m to Nigerian Army

    Yobe donates vehicles worth N350m to Nigerian Army

    The Yobe Government on Thursday donated 20 hilux operational vehicles worth N350 million to the Nigerian Army.

    Gov. Ibrahim Geidam of Yobe handed over the keys to the vehicles to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, at Government House in Damaturu.

    The army chief was in the state in continuation of his tour of military formations and visit to troops in frontline in the North East.

    The governor said that the donation of the vehicles was to enhance the military operations aimed at flushing out remnants of the Boko Haram terrorists, as well as to tackle other forms of criminality in the state.

    Geidam disclosed that so far, the state had donated 300 vehicles to the army other security agencies, including the 20 he handed over to the army on Thursday.

    Responding, the chief of army staff commended the governor for his commitment to the security of the state and by extension the North East and the entire country.

    Read also: Boko Haram kills five soldiers in Yobe attack

    Buratai recalled that apart from the vehicles, the state had donated lands to the army to build the Nigerian Army School of Special Forces at Buni Yadi and Army Level 2 referral hospital, close to the state capital.

    Earlier, Buratai inspected the site of the hospital, where construction work had begun, and inaugurated accommodation for officers and soldiers on transit, at the Army headquarters Logistics Base 2, Damaturu.

    NAN

  • Buhari, governors meet in Aso Rock 

    Buhari, governors meet in Aso Rock 

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met behind closed doors with some state governors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

    The governors, who met with the President after the Friday jumaat prayer, were from the north.

    They included Nasarawa Governor, Tanko Almakura, Kaduna Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, Bauchi Governor, Mohammed Abubakar and Yobe Governor, Ibrahim Geidam.

    The governors left the Villa from the President’s official resident.

  • Yobe tribunal affirms Gaidam’s victory

    Yobe tribunal affirms Gaidam’s victory

    The governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Yobe State has upheld the victory of governor Ibrahim Gaidam in the April election.

    Gaidam was the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate in the election.

     

  • Yobe Governor commends FG, DHQ response to weekend attack

    Yobe Governor commends FG, DHQ response to weekend attack

    Governor Ibrahim Geidam of Yobe State has commended the Federal Government and the Defence Headquarters for their prompt response to the weekend terrorist attack on a secondary school in the state.

    The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that gunmen, suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect, attacked the Government Secondary School, Mamudo, killing 24 students, a teacher and an Islamic preacher.

    The commendation was contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by Brig-Gen. Chris Olukolade, Director of Defence Information at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ).

    The statement said the governor gave the commendation when he received the Defence Headquarters fact-finding team in his office in Damaturu.

    Geidam said he was happy with government’s prompt response by sending the fact-finding team to the state.

    “The governor noted that the gesture was the first of its kind in response to a disaster in the state.

    “He also declared that the Joint Task Force deployed in the state was doing its best in addressing the security challenges,’’ the statement said.

    It quoted the governor as saying that the incident in Mamudo was an unfortunate and painful disaster.