He said the farms were established through the mega farm programme initiated by his administration to transform agriculture.
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Musa spoke in a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu.
Zulum traveled alongside Senator Abubakar Kyari, representing Borno North Senatorial District, who hails from Damasak; member, House of Representatives, representing
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, in a statement on Friday said the feat was achieved by well coordinated operations of both air and land troops.
PRNigeria gathered that terrorists invaded Damasak for the third time within a week
On its twitter handle @HQNigerianArmy, the Army Headquarters said on Thursday that there was indeed an attack by the terrorists sometime on Wednesday, but they were effectively repelled by troops.
During the counter-terrorism operation on Tuesday night, effective close air support was provided by the Nigerian Air Force aircraft to ground troops at Damasak and Gajiram after they came under fire by ISWAP/Boko Haram Terrorists.
PRNigeria gathered that some of the terrorists were suspected to be on a looting spree as they stormed warehouses of international humanitarian agency in their gun trucks.
PRNigeria gathered that the armed terrorists, with sophisticated ammunition, stormed Damasak town on Sunday in gun trucks to attack residents.
Zulum, who traveled with the representative of Borno North Senatorial District and an indigene of Damasak, Senator Abubakar Kyari, distributed water pumps as key components of irrigation, fertilizer, seeds, chemicals and N5,000 cash to each of the 1,200 farmers, all of whom will be cultivating rice and onions among other food crops.
He said that the defeat of evil by good is inevitable, no matter the pyrrhic victory evildoers seem to win.
The Nigerian Air Force on Tuesday buried the remains of five crew members who died in the NAF Mi-35M Helicopter that crashed in combat on January 2 in Borno State.
The Nigerian Air Force has fixed Tuesday (today) for the burial of five crew members who died in the NAF Mi-35M Helicopter that crashed in combat on January 2 in Borno State.
The Nigerian Air Force says the Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has destroyed some Islamic State of West Africa Province gun trucks in air strikes conducted near Damasak in Northern Borno.
A Nigerian Air Force helicopter crashed in combat on Wednesday night while providing close air support to troops of 145 Battalion at Damasak in Northern Borno State.
The Army has confirmed that its troops neutralized seven Boko Haram terrorists on Wednesday, in a fierce gun battle at Damasak in Mobar Local government Area of Borno.
Many Boko Haram fighters were killed by Nigerian troops in Damasak on Thursday, spokesman, Brig. Texas Chukwu, said.
Stevenson gave the assurance while addressing troops at Gubio and Damasak in Borno state.
He said: “You are the future of the Nigerian Army, therefore, you should view this operation as a unique opportunity to learn and also provide quality and effective leadership to troops.”
The Military, Civilian JTF and Vigilantes screened the returnees