Zulum applauds Yobe governor for educational initiative, donates N115 million

Borno State governor, Prof. Umara Zulum has applauded the educational initiative of his Yobe State counterpart, Mai Mala Buni, saying that the initiative would revive the deteriorating standard of education in Yobe State.

“Let me begin by applauding the vision of Yobe state Government for organizing this very important fund-raising with a view to addressing the deteriorating education in Yobe state.

“In addition to the monetary sum, I want to inform the Governor of Yobe state that insha’Allah, we will sacrifice time and energy to contribute in sharing thoughts towards the development of Yobe State education sector particularly in capacity building” Zulum said.

The Professor recalled that the six states in the northeast, made up of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe had suffered losses to the tune of about $6.9 billion from the deadly activities of Boko Haram insurgents hence the need for support from well-meaning persons and groups.

He said the insurgents were particular about destroying the education sector in the northeast in line with their ideology, hence Yobe’s focus on reviving education.

The highest point of the event was the donation of one billion naira by the chief launcher, Alhaji Dahiru Bara’u Mangal (Chairman of Mangal group).

Alhaji Aliko Dangote donated N350million and Abdul Samad Rabiu gave N300million. There were numerous donations from other dignitaries and invited guests supporting Yobe’s developmental vision through a fund that has a board of trustees to manage the implementation of key educational programmes.