I have deliberately quoted the above verse from the Quran, the Holy Book of Islam, since the majority of Borno State people are Muslims, without ignoring the fact that there are other communities and towns within the state that are predominantly non-Muslims.
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Malam Isa Gusau, the Special Adviser on Communication to Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State, announced this in a statement in Maiduguri on Saturday.
The Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, gave the charge on Thursday while declaring open the meeting of the 19 Northern Governors with the Council of Emirs and Chiefs in the region in Kaduna.
The directive followed report that hundreds of IDPs apprehended some officials of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday morning for alleged theft of food meant for their upkeep
HShettima said the state government would commence reconstruction of Damasak in 2017 to enable inhabitants of the area to return to their homes
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to immediately investigate the allegation
Shettima said: “If any Nigerian had doubts about the sincerity and commitment of President Muhammadu Buhari to the rescue of our precious daughters abducted by Boko Haram insurgents at Government Secondary School, Chibok on April 14, 2014
Shettima said: “We will not stampede or intimidate people to go back to terrains not well secured. The local government headquarters would put up security architecture that would secure those places
Brigadier General Victor Ezugwu, the General Officer Commanding 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, handed over the detainees to Governor Kashim Shettima at a ceremony in Maiduguri on Saturday
The statement added: “Two schools, the Maiduguri Capital School and Bara’Imul Iman Integrated School, both in Maiduguri, were selected for the programme
Shettima said: “You may recall that in December 2015, while presenting the 2016 budget at the House of Assembly, I promised to embark on staff verification to determine the actual size of the state civil service
Shettima, who was at the village to assess the ongoing reconstruction of infrastructure damaged by the Boko Haram insurgency, expressed satisfaction with the level of work done
Shettima said: “We are gathered here today to commence distribution of a key intervention of $1 million food and farming aide donated by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.”
The governor named the councils as Kaga, Jere, Damboa, Konduga, Monguno, Askira Uba, Chibok, Ngala, Kala-Balge, Mafa and Nganzai
Ali was accompanied to the Villa by the Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima
The Shiites, who are members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, under the leadership of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, claimed that over 1,000 members of the group were killed in the clash
The governor said the state would bear the total interests on the loans, while the beneficiaries would only repay the exact amounts received from the scheme
Shettima said his administration decided to start the first phase of the reconstruction with Kaga Local Government Area in order to attract Federal Government’s commitment as well as that of other support organisations.
This is with a view to coming up with laws that will spell out punishments for insurgency, sponsors of insurgency like the Boko Haram insurgents, parents who offer their wards to carry out suicide attacks in promotion of terrorism, cattle rustlers, kidnappers, rape and other crimes that are not reflected in the legal system
He said: “I wish to say without fears of contradiction that elections will hold in Borno