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Oct 10, 2023

To Counter Boko Haram Ideology, Zulum converts Arabic school to institute

… To partner Al-Azhar University

@GovBorno, @ProfZulum, has announced the conversion of Mustapha Umar Elkanemi Arabic (Teachers) College in Maiduguri to a specialised institute for teaching of Arabic

and Islamic education that will aim to counter the ideology of Boko Haram.

The governor made the announcement on Tuesday while on inspection visit to the college, preparatory to the conversion.

The initiative is meant as a response to the threat posed by Boko Haram,

a militant group known for its violent campaign against education and its propagation of a radical and misguided interpretation of Islam.

When established, the new institute will be run in partnership with the Al-Azhar University in Cairo and it will be producing students who

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Sep 12, 2023

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE

ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION & JOB CREATION: MSME PARTNERS SET TO DELIVER MSME-FOCUSED INTERVENTIONS FOR 1.3M BENEFICIARIES IN 17 STATES, FCT

In a bid to complement the Federal Government’s efforts to improve the economy and create more jobs,

a group of partners in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) space are set to execute various MSME-focused interventions, targeting 1.3 million beneficiaries across 17 States and FCT.

The MSME and Job Creation Unit of the Vice President’s Office which is coordinating

the interventions has disclosed that the interventions are geared towards ensuring the realisation of the Tinubu administration's commitment to job creation and economic diversification with the MSMEs playing critical roles.

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Abubakar Sadiq Kurbe

@SadeeqKurbe

Aug 21, 2023

Fuel Subsidy: Zulum gives 12,200 households’ palliatives at Muna, Ngwom communities

… 73,200 persons reached
… Thanks Tinubu for intervention

Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Monday, distributed food palliative to 12,200 vulnerable households living in Muna,

Custom and Ngwom communities.

At least 73,200 persons will benefit as each of the 12,200 households is made up of six persons.

The palliative distribution was to ease the hardship from the removal of the fuel subsidy.

The 12,200 beneficiaries comprised of 7,000 male- heads of households and 5,200 female-heads of households.

Each of the male-heads received a bag of rice and one bag of sorghum grain while the females received a carton of pasta and one wrapper each.

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Abubakar Sadiq Kurbe

@SadeeqKurbe

Jul 24, 2023

Tinubu’s food emergency: @ProfZulum visits Baga, shares food to 23,000 households

About 23,000 households on Monday received food palliatives at distributions that were directly supervised by Borno State Gov. Babagana Umara Zulum in Baga town of Kukawa Local Government Area.

“Distribution of palliatives is one of the agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He (Tinubu) has declared an emergency on food security, and in line with this objective, Borno State Government is distributing food items to communities. We have provided food

and non-food items to over 20,000 men and women (today)” Zulum said.

While working on permanent livelihoods through revival of commercial activities and farming, Governor Zulum frequently distributes food palliatives to beneficiaries who could not farm in substantial quantity

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Abubakar Sadiq Kurbe

@SadeeqKurbe

Jun 17, 2023

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UNDP hosts Zulum in Geneva as Sec-Gen wants Borno’s humanitarian model adopted by UN

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has hosted the @GovBorno, @ProfZulum in Geneva, Switzerland, for discussions over resettlement of internally displaced persons & their livelihoods

The meeting, held on Thursday, focused on “IDP solutions plans” with specifics on “Government leadership, community driven approach and voluntary return, relocation & integration.”

As part of the meeting, Secretary-General of the UN, expressed his desire for the UN to adopt Borno State's successful humanitarian model.

This was disclosed at a meeting hosted by the Centre International De Conference (CICH) hosted by the Office of the Special Adviser,

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Abubakar Sadiq Kurbe

@SadeeqKurbe

Jun 17, 2023

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@KashimSM: The lessons and blessings of forgiveness

By Tahir Ibrahim Tahir Talban Bauchi.

Deeply entrenched in our ethno-religious diversity as a nation is an unfortunate gullibility that makes a nuisance of our intelligence.

There is also a very worrying degree of religious extremism across the different religious groups of our society that polarises us at the slightest. Religion they say is the opium of the masses, and worryingly more so, in a frighteningly religious society like ours.

Modern day Nigerian politics has religion as the most potent factor or ready ingredient in cooking up a devout and cultist following. In the civil service, it is equally an index for the accelerated growth of civil servants and at times even a tool for immunity.

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