Gov. Zulum Humility, Commitment To People Of Borno State
By:Usman Ibrahim Geidam
It was a Sunday morning,when Governor Zulum returning from one of the communities designated for resettlement when Governor Babagana Umara Zulum halted his convoy to buy groundnuts from an elderly woman by the roadside at a village market.
The Governor zulum Ordered the convoy to Stop as usual when Governor Zulum see his People in the Community.
That stop was significant for one clear reason: the community was entirely deserted a few years ago.
Insurgents had forced everyone to flee Homes were destroyed, and the market had shut down.
Hajja Kaka Fanna ,the woman who sold peanuts to the Governor, might have been living in one of those camps on handouts, but now, she is back in her home, earning a living with dignity.
Today, that same village, once a shadow of itself, and the Farmers display their farm produce in the Community.
Women run small stalls, and life has returned to normal.
The groundnuts the Governor bought, most likely, came from their harvests.
This transformation is part of Governor Zulum’s resettlement programme.
Since 2019, the Borno State Government has assisted over two million displaced people to return to their ancestral homes.
Thousands of families who fled to Niger,Chad, and the Republic of Cameroon have been repatriated and resettled.
The State Government also closed several IDP camps after resettling thousands of households.
This stopover further underscores Governor Babagana Umara Zulum’s humility and commitment to his people in the state.
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