Geidam said that he briefed the President on the state of the IDPs in Yobe and how best to resettle them, adding that all the IDPs except the 3,000 left had since returned to their respective homes
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The assembly raised the capital expenditure from N67.4 billion to N67.8 billion, while the recurrent expenditure was re-adjusted from N35.4 billion to N35 billion
Governor Ibrahim Gaidam made the disclosure at the launch of 200 tricycles purchased by Hon. Goni Bukar, representing Bursari/Giedam/Yunusari Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives
In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to borrow a leaf from the Yobe State Independent Electoral Commission on how to organise elections, having allegedly bungled the two elections conducted by it in Delta and Anambra States recently
He said the budget was aimed at consolidating the socio-economic transformation of the state, adding that a large percentage of the proposed expenditure was to be spent on capital projects
Gaidam commended them for their contributions to the development of the state, adding that they may be called again to serve the government in other capacities
The state Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Geidam, announced this in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Abdullahi Bego
The commissioner said other approvals granted included N787.5 million to buy Urea fertiliser for the 2013 farming season and N653.7 million to construct roads and drains in some estates in Damaturu metropolis.