Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno, has unveiled a 25-year
development plan through which the state will be transformed into a world-class
society.
Speaking at the unveiling ceremony on Saturday, he said the
state will evolve “after fully recovering from impact of more than $6 billion
worth of destruction caused by Boko Haram”.
The event took place in Maiduguri, the Borno capital, at the
multipurpose hall of the government house.
Zulum announced that all activities of the government will,
henceforth, be executed according to the development plan tagged “Our Borno,
our Success”.
The plan is anchored on five critical pillars of human
capital development, leadership in agriculture, healthy citizenry, sustainable
environment, and regional trade hub for commerce that will provide jobs and
better welfare for residents.
Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national
planning, performed the official launch of the plan.
Zulum had earlier directed a team, led by Mairo Mandara, his
special adviser on sustainable development, to interact with all stakeholders
to collate views on immediate, medium, and long term needs of communities in
all the 27 local government areas of the state.
The team, using an inclusive and participatory approach that
included a consultative workshop to define the objectives and priorities, came
up with a strategic development plan.
Giving an overview, Mandara said the plan is contained in a
document preceded by thorough planning and analysis with a vision to ensure
that by 2030, Borno transforms the insurgency-ravaged society into a peaceful,
stable and self-reliant state with over 70 percent productive population.
She said by 2045, the state hopes to deliver a prosperous
society that is a leading regional agri-business and commercial hub that
connects and supplies the markets of Central Africa and Northern Africa,
“reclaiming the glory of Old Borno empire as the stabilising power in tropical
Africa”.
In attendance were Isa Pantami, minister of communications
and digital economy; Kashim Shettima and Ali Modu Sheriff, former governors of
Borno; national assembly members, traditional rulers led by the Shehu of Borno;
representatives from the international community, members of Borno house of
assembly, party leaders and other stakeholders.
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