By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri
Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum led a delegation of North East governors to satisfy with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday.
The assembly, held on the Presidential Villa in Abuja, centered on vital points affecting the North East, together with pressing completion of 17 important street initiatives uncared for for many years and the resumption of oil exploration within the frontier wells, notably the Kolmani and Lake Chad wells.
Different governors in attendance included Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe, Bala Muhammad of Bauchi, Mai Mala Buni of Yobe, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa and Agbu Keffas of Taraba.
Delivering his tackle through the assembly, Zulum, who can be the chairman of the North East Governors Discussion board, urged the president to finish the continuing street initiatives and construct vital roads connecting the six states of the zone.
The roads are Kano-Maiduguri Street, Port Harcourt-Jos-Bauchi-Maiduguri Railway line, Bama-Mubi-Yola Street, Wukari-Jalingo-Yola Street, Duguri-Mansur Street (NNPC Undertaking Ongoing), Bauchi-Gombe-Biu-Damaturu Street, Damaturu-Geidam Street, Bauchi-Ningi-Nasaru-Babaldo Street and Gombe-Potiskum, Damaturu-Biu Roads.
Others embrace Alkaleri-Futuk Street, Maiduguri-Damboa-Yola Street, Gombe-Dukku-Darazo Street, Biu-Gombe Street, Ibi-Shamdam Street, Maiduguri-Monguno-Baga Street and Maiduguri-Ngala-Bama-Banki Roads.
Governor Zulum counseled the president for the dedication to restoring peace inside the northeast, stating, “We thanks for fostering peace and stability inside the sub-region and persevering with with the initiative of your predecessor in sustaining the struggle in opposition to insurgency.
He assured the president of their dedication to his administration’s initiative on coaching of manpower and offering expertise with a view to reversing the insecurity dealing with the North East.
“We’re absolutely aligning with Mr. President’s good initiative of coaching of manpower and offering expertise with a view to reversing the ugly development within the forest, thereby decreasing the insurgency and selling agricultural growth in alignment with the renewed hope agenda on meals safety,” Zulum stated.
He added, “Mr President, the North East governors maintain you in excessive esteem and all of us have resolved to companion with you in your willpower to offer good governance for Nigeria with a view to abandoning lasting legacies and landmarks for the nation.”
Responding, President Tinubu acknowledged the governors’ issues and warranted them of his administration’s dedication to addressing the developmental wants of the northeast.
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