Hunger Protest: Gov. Buni Salutes Yobeans For Calmness

Hunger Protest: Gov. Buni Salutes Yobeans For Calmness

By Usman Bello, Damaturu

Yobe state Governor, Hon. Mai Mala Buni CON, has commended the people of the state especially the youth for appreciating calls against the protest as the state is emerging out of a protracted security challenge.

Governor Buni said “l am happy we are working on the same page, we clearly understand our situation, the state is just picking its pieces and we can not afford to accomodate anything including protest to draw us backwards.

“The good people of Yobe and especially our vibrant youth have shown great love, concern and patriotism to the state by adhering to calls aginst joining the protest” he said.

The governor assured that the state government would expand its policies and programmes to promote economic recovery and growth, and to accomodate large coverage of beneficiaries.

“We recently launched the massive agricultural empowerment programme to enhance agricultural production, ensure food sufficiency and security in the state.

“As you are aware 20 farmers from each of the 178 political wards are benefitting from the empowerment programme, this is in addition to the employments government offered to our youths in all the political wards” he added.

Buni assured that government would ensure Yobe state becomes a role model in both rain-fed and irrigation agricultural production.

He further assured that, with such understandings, government would continue to execute more people-oriented policies and programmes to improve the lives of the people.