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Boko Haram: How Borno unveiled Zulum’s 25-year Development plan

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"SRKgEGyI" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><strong>Abbas Yushau Yusuf<&sol;strong><&sol;p><div class&equals;"zRsqVpjD" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Governor Babagana Umara Zulum led administration on Saturday unveiled a 25-year strategic plan with immediate&comma; medium and long implementation phases&comma; through which Borno targets to become world class after fully recovering from impacts of more than &dollar;6 billion worth of destructions caused by Boko Haram&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Zulum announced that all activities of Government will henceforth be executed according to the development plan&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Minister of Finance&comma; Budget and National Planning&comma; Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed did the formal launch at an event hosted by Governor Zulum in Maiduguri&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"bwsZfJxa" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The gathering was physically attended by Minister of Communications and Digital Economy&comma; Dr&period; Isa Pantami&comma; former Governors of Borno State&comma; Kashim Shettima and Ali Modu Sheriff&comma; serving and former National Assembly members&comma; traditional rulers led by the Shehu of Borno&comma; representatives from the international community&comma; members of Borno assembly and executives&comma; party leaders and diverse stakeholders&comma; some of whom joined through the webinar&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2020&sol;11&sol;11&sol;boko-haram-zulum-approves-100-motorcycles-for-armys-remote-operations&sol;">Boko Haram&colon; Zulum approves 100 motorcycles for army’s remote operations<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Governor of Kwara State&comma; AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq&comma; and NNPC’s GMD Mele Kyari were among high profile persons who joined via a zoom link that was well publicized ahead of the event that held at the Multipurpose Hall of the Government House in Maiduguri&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Zulum&comma; a University professor&comma; had directed a team&comma; led by his Adviser on Sustainable Development&comma; Partnerships and Humanitarian Responses&comma; Drm Mairo Mandara&comma; to interact with all stakeholders including the grassroots&comma; Ministries and Agencies of Government to collate views on immediate&comma; medium&comma; and long term needs of communities in all the 27 Local Government Areas of Borno State&comma; as well as how the State can speed up its recovery from destructions caused by Boko Haram&comma; and explore its full potentials to become world class in years to come&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The team&comma; using an inclusive and participatory approach that included a consultative workshop to define the objectives and priorities&comma; came up with a strategic development plan&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dr&period; Mandara in her remarks&comma; gave an overview of the plan which as the slogan&colon; &OpenCurlyQuote;our Borno&comma; our Success’&comma; a document preceded by thorough planning and analysis&comma; with a vision to ensure that in the next ten years&comma; that is by 2030&comma; Borno transforms the insurgency ravaged society into a peaceful&comma; stable and self-reliant society with over 70&percnt; productive population&comma; while by 2045&comma; the State hopes to deliver a prosperous society that is a leading regional agri-business &amp&semi; commercial hub that connects &amp&semi; supplies the markets of Central Africa and Northern Africa&comma; reclaiming the glory of Old Borno Empire as the stabilizing power in tropical Africa&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The plan is anchored on five critical pillars of Human Capital Development&comma; Leadership in Agriculture&comma; Healthy Citizenry&comma; Sustainable Environment&comma; and Regional Trade Hub for Commerce that will provide jobs and prosperity to the citizens&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speakers at the launch of the plan&comma; amongst them Ministers of Communication &&num;8211&semi; Pantami&comma; Finance &&num;8211&semi; Zainab&comma; and former Governor Kashim Shettima&comma; took turns to pay glowing tribute to Governor Zulum&comma; recognizing his bold vision for Borno&period; Shettima asked participants to rise and give Zulum a standing ovation&comma; which was happily done&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Secretary to Borno Government&comma; Usman Jidda Shuwa&comma; and Chief of Staff&comma; Prof&period; Isa Hussaini Marte&comma; in their separate remarks to welcome&comma; and thank guests&comma; both affirmed the commitment of stakeholders at the executive level&comma; to actualizing Zulum’s lofty goals for Borno&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Highpoint of the occasion was the unveiling and display of copies of the development plan by the Permanent Secretary&comma; Federal Ministry of Finance&comma; Budget and National Planning&comma; who represented Minister Zainab in Maiduguri while she joined via zoom&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; 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