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Zulum urges rousing welcome as Buhari visits Borno Thursday

Borno State Governor Prof Babagana Umara Zulum has urged the people of the state to give President Muhammadu Buhari a rousing welcome.

Speaks in video address to the people of Borno State, Zulum urged the people come and honour the President whose love for Borno has been so obvious.

Zulum said, “Insha Allah our President Muhammadu Buhari will be coming to Borno on Thursday, the 17th of June, 2021.

“The President is coming to appraise the security situation innthe North East during which he will commission some developmental projects executed by the government.

“The President will also commission the first phase of 10,000 houses which he graciously approved and funded for the resettlement of IDPs and refugees.

“I am also glad to once again confirm to you that the Federal Government under President Buhari has completed 4,000 out of the 10,000 houses approved for our IDPs. Some of these houses are sited in Kaleri, Dalori and more locations.

“Fellow citizens, the 10,000 houses approved by Buhari is so far the largest Federal Government housing intervention sited in one state.

“Let me also say that our ongoing housing resettlement is only made possible by the relative peace in most of our local government areas.

“While I must admit that we still have security challenges, at the same time, if we cast our minds back to the reality before President Buhari’s coming, we will recall that most of our communities in Northern, Central and Southern Borno were mostly no-go areas.

“President Buhari has regularly demonstrated deep compassion and love for Borno State. Not long ago, President Buhari gave approval for the NNPC to establish a power plant for us in Borno.

“This aims to address our electricity challenges in Maiduguri and environs. This landmark project will greatly impact on small, medium and large businesses to thrive.”

While listing other projects the President appoved for Borno State, including the Federal Polytechnic Monguno, Zulum urged the residents to come out em masse and honour the president as he visits on Thursday.

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