Rakiya Adamu, SS2, who was among the lucky few that escaped on February 19, when dozens of her friends and schoolmates were kidnapped, said: “I will not go back to Dapchi again.”
Browsing: Governor Gaidam
He said the state was expecting N35.3 billion from statutory allocation, N3.8 billion from Internally Generated Revenue and N7.4 billion from Value Added Tax
Gaidam said: “As from today, any commissioner or special adviser caught sleeping stands sacked and will immediately be replaced.
“We will borrow a leaf from the North Korea experience to make government affairs a serious business
Gaidam made the announcement at the North East Regional Conference on Peace and Scholarship, organised by the International Organisation of Tijjaniyya Brotherhood in Damaturu on Friday
The Governor, who was represented by his Deputy, Abubakar Aliyu, also said: “The number of people killed by Boko Haram in Yobe runs into thousands
The governor said the budget was expected to be financed with N38.5 billion from statutory allocation, N3.5 billion from Internally Generated Revenue, N8.3 billion from VAT, N3.3 billion from excess crude allocation as well as grants and loans
Given the ‘fierce urgency of now’ to deepen democratic governance in our country and hold those in power accountable to the people, CIAPS’s monthly CGPI can be rationalised as the Centre’s modest contribution to making our democracy work
Delivering the judgment, Dada said out of the 27 witnesses called by the petitioners at the trial, none of them could lead credible evidence to establish or prove the allegations before the court
While praying for the repose of the souls of those killed, Gaidam ordered immediate and free medical care for those who sustained injuries in the attacks
He said: “The rural communities in Bade and Nguru council areas got 100 hand pump-operated boreholes each, while 20 blocks of latrines were built for each school, fitted with water facilities.”
Addressing newsmen shortly after inspecting the Gaidam Central Market, the governor described the attack as “unfortunate, inhuman, unwarranted and ungodly”