The Vice President arrived the Maiduguri Airforce base, with his entourage, the Ministers of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Ambassador Maryam Katagun, Minister of state for Agriculture, Baba Shehuri, Honourable Muktar Betara chairman on appropriation house of representatives and other national assembly members.
While on the one day official visit to Borno, the vice President paid a courtesy visit to the palace of the Shehu of Borno, where the Shehu of Borno Alh.
(Dr.
) Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai Al-Amin El- Kanemi welcomed the vice President to the state on yet another official visit, Dr.
Abubakar appreciate and comment the present administration of President Muhammadu Buhari for the support towards the restoration of lasting peace to Borno and North East sub-region.
Dr.
Abubakar said, “ I’m happy to inform you your Excellency that peace is gradually returning to Borno as all official camp within the metropolis were close and successful returned to their respective home with active engagement in the last year farming exercise”.
The royal father also calls for restoration of oil exploration in Chad Basin as doing so will restore livelihoods.
The Vice President Yemi Osinbajo expressed his pleasure to be in the state and extend the greetings of President Muhammadu Buhari to the government and people of the state.
Possible to do good things
” It’s always excited to visit Borno, Borno proves how Nigeria can be.
I have seen a steady hand of progress right from Kashim Shettima and now Zulum proves is possible to do incredible things with very little.
Every time I make speech i reference with Zulum.
He is committed and has shown commitment,”he said.
He commended governor Zulum for the encouragement he is giving Nigerians and the political class that it is possible to do good things.
The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo launch the 30th edition of the Federal Government’s Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Clinic with more than 100 business owners to showcase their products and interact with federal officials involved with enhancing businesses for local consumption and export, during which he commissioned four out of over 500 projects executed by Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum.
The Vice President, commission the newly built medical doctors quarters, the designed quarters comprise of 78 units of three bedroom apartments from 13 blocks of two-storey buildings with each block having six apartments.
The quarters was fully fenced, landscaped, flowered and provided with sporting facilities and playground.
Interacted with orphans
Also commissioned a shopping complex with 78 shops that are meant to be allocated to operators of small and medium businesses.
He then paid a visit to the Northeast Children Learning Centre, which is a donor-funded primary to secondary school institution, privately initiated by the Vice President in March 2017 during his 60th birthday, to provide homes, education and entrepreneurship skills to 1,500 children orphaned by insurgency across the northeast.
Osinbajo interacted with orphans schooling at the centre.
Commissioning of mega size senior secondary school named after one of Borno’s foremost personalities, late Alhaji Mai Deribe.
The school Is a fully fenced, landscaped and flowered school made up of 30 classrooms for at least 1,200 students, three laboratories, administrative block and sporting facilities.
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Governor Zulum, Shehu Of Borno Welcome Vice President Osinbajo