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  • Gaidam present’s N92.182 billion as 2018 appropriation bill

    Gaidam present’s N92.182 billion as 2018 appropriation bill

    Yobe State Governor Ibrahim Gaidam has presented a total sum of N92,182,336,000 as appropriation Bill for the 2018 fiscal year.

    Gaidam who presented the bill on the floor of the State House of Assembly on Tuesday tagged “Budget of Consolidation and Socio- Economic Rejuvenation” said the budget  is targeted  at meeting the yearnings and aspirations of the people, as well as  “concretize Government’s numerous efforts of uplifting the standard and condition of living of all citizens of the State”.

    He explained that the budget is built on the vision and mission contained  in Yobe State Socio-Economic Reform Agenda, (YOSERA).

    “In the 2018 Budget estimates, this administration proposes to spend the sum of N92,182,336,000 which is expected to be generated from the Treasury Opening Balance, Internally Generated Revenue, Statutory Allocation, Value Added Tax (VAT), Ecological Fund, Excess Crude Oil/Exchange Rate Differential among others,” Gov. Gaidam said.

    The Governor noted that  to achieve far-reaching goals, government intend to spend the sum of N47,447,905,000 or 51.5% to cater for recurrent expenditure and the sum of N44,734,431,000 or 48.5% to cover capital expenditure.

    Enumerating the highlights of the Budget Gov. Gaidam said, “From holistic perspective, the 2018 Budget will enable us to complete all the on-going legacy projects that our administration is bequeathing to our good people and take on new ones, in line with our overall developmental agenda.

    “Therefore, the Ministry of Works, Transport and Energy take the lion share of N17.53 billion to enable government complete the ongoing Damaturu Cargo International Airport and other roads and infrastructural projects across the 17 Local Government Areas of the state.

    “This will be done through discipline, probity, transparency, and accountability which are some of the essential hallmarks of good governance,” Gaidam explained.

    In his response, the Speaker, Hon. Dogo thanked the governor for his prudence and accountability in governance, and promised that the budget will be soon be scrutinized to ensure its speedy passage into Law.

    Speaker Dala Dogo also pledged the support of the lawmakers for a smooth partnership to enable the government deliver the dividends of democracy to the common people of the state.

  • Healthcare Delivery: NMA honors Gaidam for excellence

    Healthcare Delivery: NMA honors Gaidam for excellence

    In recognition of his milestone achievement in the health sector of the state, Yobe State Governor Ibrahim Gaidam on Monday got the conferment of an award of Excellence from the The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Yobe State Chapter.

    According to the organizers of the award ceremony, Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam is poles apart from other states of the federation in the area of healthcare delivery in the state through his deliberate reforms and programs in the sector.

    The award was presented to the governor by the National President of NMA, Prof. Mike Ogrima on behalf of the state chapter of the association at an elaborate ceremony held at the State Cultural Centre Damaturu which was full to capacity.

    Prof. Ogrima who was represented by NMA’s Second Vice President, Dr. Adamu Alhassan Umar, a son of the soil from Yobe State attested to the fact that significant progress has been made in the state especially in the health sector.

    the  NMA president, tagged  Gov. Gaidam as a ‘pillar of support for the health sector’, said doctors in the country are impressed with  the ‘monumental achievements’ of the governor in all key sectors of the economy, especially in healthcare.

    “Generations yet unborn will benefit from the massive investments your administration has made in creating a peaceful atmosphere in the state and the gigantic legacies you will leave behind after your tenure in office. NMA is proud of all the robust measures you have taken to improve healthcare delivery in the state”, Prof. Ogrima said.

    The  State Chairman of the NMA, who is also the deputy chairman of the Medical Advisory Committee of the Yobe University Teaching Hospital (YSUTH) Dr. Adamu Abdullahi said his association conferred the award on the governor after careful consideration of all the interventions that he has made so far in the state’s healthcare sector.

    He said Yobe today is a much better place because of the concerted commitment of the governor to making qualitative healthcare accessible and affordable to the people.

    He called on the governor also invest heavily in the human resource of the state and the welfare of medical and health worker, as according to him, “the situation is green but His Excellency, you can make it greener”.

    State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Muhammad Bellow Kawuwa  who chronicled the various health interventions of the governor in the state described the situation as hitherto  “comatose and dysfunctional” and was characterized by “dilapidated infrastructure, old and obsolete equipment. and acutely inadequate manpower”.

    “The health indices in the state at the take-off of the administration were worrisome and disturbing. We were ranked amongst the worst in maternal and child care”, he said.

    Dr. Bello Kawuwa noted that the reverse in the trend   began when   Gov. Gaidam came to power and assumed a new urgency and declared an emergency in the health sector in May 2013.

    “The declaration of emergency in the sector was followed by massive capital investments.  The renovation, rehabilitation, reconstruction and expansion of health facilities ensued across the state”, he said.

    The commissioner said the health sector is now better poised to deliver quality care to patients, not just in the state but other parts of the country as well.

    While expressing appreciation for the award conferred on him, Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam said he will continue to push the boundaries in healthcare in the state.

    “Let me place on record that the inadequacies that characterized the health sector in our State which included gross lack of infrastructural facilities and human resources, funding gaps, lack of adequate equipment, furniture, and other working materials, etc. was the reason why we declared a State of emergency in the health sector in 2013.

    “This culminated in our administration taking far reaching and holistic measures to address the multiple challenges facing the sector”, the governor said.

    The governor, who reviewed all the milestones reached by his administration in improving healthcare through massive rehabilitation of health facilities, setting up the Yobe State University Teaching Hospital and the College of Medical Sciences at the Yobe State University as well as massive recruitment of healthcare personnel, amongst others, said the challenege facing the sector now is “attitudinal change”.

    “I wish to emphasize that considering the attention our administration has accorded the health sector , our problems should no longer be viewed from the perspective of lack of facilities, but rather on the need for attitudinal change.

    “Therefore, I wish to appeal to all our health workers to resolve to work with dedication to enable us achieve significant progress in delivering services to our people. This way we can look forward to a time when all sorts of ailments can be satisfactorily treated here at home in keeping with our vision of making Yobe a center of medical tourism in Nigeria, In-sha Allah.  This is my charge and challenge to you all,” he said.

    The Nation recalled that the governor was just last week conferred with an Honorary Membership of   the Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria (SOGON) in Sokoto for rejuvenating the healthcare services in Yobe State.

  • Gaidam assures Igbos living in Yobe of peace 

    Gaidam assures Igbos living in Yobe of peace 

    Yobe State Governor Ibrahim Gaidam has assured Igbos living in the state not to panic over comments made back some group of Arewa youths asking them to quit the region within three months.

    The governor in a press release issued by his Director Press Affairs, Abudullahi Bego said Igbos shouldn’t feel intimidated by the threat, adding that the statement is unfortunate, unlawful and unwarranted.

    The statement reads: “His Excellency Governor Ibrahim Gaidam has followed recent media reports indicating that some Northern youths have issued threats to Igbo people living in the North to leave this part of the country before October 1st in response to agitation for the creation of the State of Biafra by the Nnamdi Kanu-led Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) organisation.

    “His Excellency Governor Gaidam considers the threat against the Igbo as unfortunate, unlawful, and unwarranted.

    “Like other Nigerians, the Igbos have a right that is fully guaranteed by our constitution to live in any part of the country of their choice.

    “As a multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural society, part of our nation’s strength lies in the diversity of its people. It is what has moved every successful nation forward.

    “In Yobe State, the Igbos, like the people of other ethnicities, have lived and engaged peacefully with their neighbours.

    “The Yobe State Government therefore assures them that it will not allow anyone to intimidate or threaten them and will use the full resources of law enforcement to see to that,” the statement assured.

    The statement also re-emphasised Gov. Gaidam’s commitment to a peaceful Nigeria where everyone will be proud of.

    “His Excellency Governor Gaidam strongly believes in a Nigeria in which all its people live peacefully with one another, a country where political disagreements are settled not through threats and violent conduct but through dialogue and give-and-take.

    “His Excellency the governor reminds youths in the North and in every part of the country that as tomorrow’s leaders, they have a responsibility and a stake to contribute to the peace and stability of the nation.

    “The governor also believes that political and community leaders in every part of the country have a responsibility, as well, to guide the youths to responsible conduct and to speak against violence or tendency to violence,” the statement said.

    It is through peace and unity, and not division and disunity, that our dream of a better, more prosperous Nigeria will come true.

     

     

  • Ramadan: Gaidam orders distribution of  assorted food  to 17 LGAs

    Ramadan: Gaidam orders distribution of  assorted food  to 17 LGAs

    Yobe State Governor Ibrahim Gaidam has ordered the distribution of assorted food items to all the nooks and crannies of the seventeen Local Government Areas in the state.

    The distribution of the item was done on Friday  by the Yobe State Committee on the, Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement of victims of Boko Haram in the state through the State Emergency Management Agency.

    The Yobe State Commissioner for Education, Mohammed Lamin  who represented the Chairman, Engr. Abubakar Ali took time to supervise the distribution and movement of the truck loads of food that filled out at the NEMA store at the State Ministry of Works for onward movement to the seventeen Local Government Areas of the state.

    While briefing the press, Alhaji Mohammed Lamin informed that Governor Ibrahim Gaidam has directed that all food donations made to the state be evacuated and distributed to the people rather than keeping them in the stores.

    According to him, the governor’s decision was to saturate food in all the nooks and crannies of the state during the Ramadan period, adding that, “the supply will bring succor and alleviate the dire need of the people”.

    He informed that Government has put up a committee at the local government levels which involves all the Sharia committee chairmen, the chairman of disable, and members of the vulnerable groups so that the food gets to all segments of the people.

    The Commissioner warned that government will not want to hear any report of food diversion by any official, stressing that whoever is caught in such act will not go scout free.

     

  • Yobe donates N30 Million to ABU Alumni

    Yobe donates N30 Million to ABU Alumni

    Yobe state Government has donated the sum of N30 million to Amadu Bello University Alumni Association to enable her execute some projects at the institution.

    Yobe State Governor Ibrahim Gaidam who is also an alumnus of the Institution  made the donation Tuesday  when he received the National President of the Association, Dr. Ahmed Tijjani Mora in his office in Damaturu.

    Gaidam has commended the institution for the quality of its academic programmes, saying “its pre-eminence in teaching and research have stood the institution out among its peers not just in the country but also around the world”.

    He said, “As an alumnus of the ABU myself, I can attest to its high standards of teaching and research. It is something the ABU has continued with consistency and excellence”.

    Gaidam recalled his days as an undergraduate at the ABU, observing that nothing other than a student’s ability to meet the rigors of learning could stand him or her out.

    While responding to the request made by the association, Gaidam announced a donation of N30 million for the association.

    “We believe in the importance of education. This is why we are doing a lot here in Yobe State to rebuild our schools and help our students.

    This is a commitment we will continue to make. And it is in this spirit that we make this donation to assist the ABU Alumni Association undertake those services it intended for the students”, he said.

    In his remarks, Dr. Mora lauded the strides that Governor Gaidam is making to improve people’s living conditions in the state.

    He said the ABU is proud to have up to 12 of its alumni members who are now state governors, including Governor Ibrahim Gaidam.

    Dr. Mora said that as part of the Alumni Association’s objective of ‘promoting the welfare, standards, and good name of the University’, the Association is touring different parts of the country to meet with alumni and seek partnerships and support.

    He said the Association has different projects it is pursuing for the sake of uplifting the University, including plan to build a post-graduate hostel which is estimated to cost over N200 million.

  • APC sweeps Yobe LG election

    APC sweeps Yobe LG election

    The All Progressive Congress has been declared winner in all the seventeen Local government chairmanship position contested in the last Saturday council polls in Yobe State.

    Annoucing the results at the headquarters of the commission in Damaturu, the Chairman Yobe State Independent Electoral Commission Alhaji Jauro Abdu disclosed that all the chairmanship positions in the election were unopposed for the APC except for Potiskum local government but the NCP candidate later withdrew from the race just before the election.

    The Chairman in the midst of the security chiefs in the state said the elections recorded no adverse incident across the state.

    Alhaji Jauro Abdu informed that that the elections into the councilorship positions were not unopposed like for the chairmanship but how disclosed that the results were not yet received by his office.

    Yobe State Governor Ibrahim Gaidam has commended the people the state for coming out emass to vote for APC in the Saturday council polls.

    In a statement signed by the Spokesman to Gov Gaidam, Abdullahi Bego said, ” His Excellency Governor Ibrahim Gaidam is very pleased and hugely grateful that the people of the state have reaffirmed their faith in and support for the All Progressives Congress (APC) by electing all the party’s candidates in last Saturday’s Local Government Election.

    “That all the APC chairmanship candidates won in the election shows the degree to which the APC manifesto remains an appealing document to most of the people of the state.

    “The governor is also pleased that a significant number of registered voters across the state have participated in the election and have voted for the candidates of their choice.

    “His Excellency Governor Gaidam strongly believes that given the security and other challenges that the state has experienced in the recent past, last weekend’s polls, which were commendably peaceful, can give us hope that normalcy has returned and that we can take pride in our capacity as a people to collectively organise and participate in elections at the grassroots level.

    “His Excellency the governor will work with the elected chairmen and their councils to go even farther in his determination to improve the people’s living conditions at the grassroots,” the statement said.

  • Gaidam presents staff of office to Emir of Ngelzarma

    Gaidam presents staff of office to Emir of Ngelzarma

    Yobe State Governor Ibrahim Gaidam over the weekend presented staff of office to newly appointed Emir of Ngelzarma, Alh. Muhammadu Zanna Mai Yeri Ibn Isa III.

    The colorful occasion which took place at the expansive arena of the Palace at Ngelzarma about 30 km south of Damaturu, the state capital had in attendance all the Emirs in the state and the Shehu of Borno, Alh. Dr. Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai Al-Almin El-Kanami.,

    Presenting the Staff of Office, the Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam said he has no doubt that the new Emir will succeed due to his  wealth of  experience, proven integrity, honesty, patience and other outstanding qualities.

    He charged the new Emir to be “prepared shoulder the heavy responsibilities associated with your office. Your role as the Emir of Ngelzarma demands that you serve your people honestly, diligently and uphold the dignity and honor of all people in your domain irrespective of their socio –economic, religion and tribal differences. We also expect you to provide able leadership to the people,” Gaidam charged.

    It would be recalled that the late emir Alhaji Mahammadu Mai Yeri Ibn Isa II died  in a ghastly car crash in Gerei in Adamawa State in March 2014 at the age of  49.