Tag: North-east governors

N’East Govs. seek fresh strategy to end insecurity

Aminu Imam
N'East Govs. seek

The North-East Governors Forum has restated that insecurity in the region cannot be resolved through military action alone, stressing the need for a multi-dimensional approach that addresses the root causes of conflict. At the Forum’s 12th rotational meeting held in Taraba yesterday, Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum, said education, healthcare, improved infrastructure, poverty alleviation, and job creation must complement security measures to restore peace and development in the region. While commending President Bola Tinubu’s ongoing efforts against insurgency, the governors identified youth restiveness, unemployment, poor road networks, and limited vocational…

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North-East governors highlight rape, kidnap, and insurgency as major challenges

Aminu Imam

From Alhassan Haladu, Yola  Governors of the North-East geo-political zone have identified the increasing cases of rape, kidnapping, insurgency and youth unemployment as some of the major challenges facing the region. Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum, who is the chairman of the forum made this known while delivering his opening remark at the 3rd meeting of the forum on Thursday, at the Government House, Yola, Adamawa State. Governor Zulum said some of the most alarming and worrisome challenges confronting the region remains the daunting issue of insecurity, which has been…

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Insecurity: Zulum hosts North-east governors, brainstorm on Boko Haram

Ishaku Yohanna

Governors of the North-Eastern states of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba, and Yobe met on Saturday in Maiduguri to brainstorm on Boko Haram and how to rescue the economy of the region from the plunge. The North-East region, the least developed region in the country, has been suffered years of Boko Haram attacks. The crisis has left over 1.5 million people displaced with many towns and villages deserted with the economy of the religion nearly breathless. Saturdays meeting was the second by the governors in recent times with the first…

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