Zulum Dissolves Borno State Executive Council,To Be Honoured On Saturday By Sun Newspapers

Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the dissolution of the Borno state executive council.

 

The dissolution, which is with immediate effect, was contained in a statement signed by the permanent secretary, administration and general services, Danjuma Ali on behalf of Secretary to the State Government and made available to journalists by the Governor’s spokespersons from the press unit of the Government House in Maiduguri.

 

The members were directed to handover affairs to permanent secretaries in their ministries.

 

The statement explained that the dissolution is to create enabling environment for interested members of the EXCO to legally participate in forthcoming primaries and congresses of the All Progressive Congress, APC.

 

Zulum, according to the statement, expressed deepest appreciation to members of the executive council for unquantifiable contributions while they held offices and wishes them the best of luck in future endeavors.

 

 

Meanwhile, the Borno State Governor,  will on Saturday, be conferred with The Sun Newspapers’ award as Nigeria’s Governor of the Year for “Courage in Leadership”.

 

Zulum is to be honoured at Eko Hotel in Victoria Island, Lagos, where The Sun newspapers holds its annual award night with prominent dignitaries from all over Nigeria, expected to attend.

 

In an earlier publication announcing the recognition, The Sun Newspapers wrote below:

 

“Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State  exemplifies the quintessential leader whose courage and leadership qualities transform to excellence and glory. He has brought courage to bear in his various assignments and has amplified it as governor today, in a state with a high degree of insecurity.

 

“For a man who does not see himself as a politician, his style and activities in government remain an inspiration. The daunting challenge of Boko Haram insurgency did not subdue his courage. Today, his imprints dot the entire landscape of the state.”

 

“In his “10-pact Transformation Agenda, he undertook 375 projects, beefed up security across the length and breadth of the state with over 300 patrol vehicles, established a Security Trust Fund, instituted a rapid security response team, provided a special protection component for farmers tagged Agro-Rangers, procured security gadgets and motivated security men.”

 

“Zulum, against all odds, has maintained regular visitations to high-risk security areas for citizens’ “needs assessments,” among others. Not dithered by security concerns, he also constructed 6,544 suburban and low cost houses for the resettlement of internally displaced persons and refugees. He established 21 new schools, 37 new primary healthcare centres and rehabilitated roads as well as the state’s first flyover in Maiduguri, the state capital.”

 

“Also council secretariats, lodges, police stations, courts and palaces of resident traditional rulers were built in addition to 213 new boreholes, 18 electrification projects, eight agricultural projects, and seven vocational skills and entrepreneurship development. These people-oriented projects have restored hope to the traumatised people in the midst of adversity. They are like soothing balm to the morale and psyche of the people battered by insurgency.”

 

“For his courage to dare, in the midst of Boko Haram insurgency, he is winner of The Sun Courage in Leadership award.”