Gov. Buni Declares ‘No Protest in Yobe’ , Urges Residents To Embrace Agricultural Empowerment Scheme

Gov. Buni declares ‘No Protest in Yobe’, Urges Residents To Embrace Agricultural Empowerment Scheme

By Yusuf Ali

H.E Governor Mai Mala Buni CON, has declared that the people of the state would not participate in any protests in whatsoever name but support the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in its strive to improve the economy, security, and other developmental challenges facing the nation.

The Governor also urged the people to take advantage on the laudable agricultural empowerment scheme of the state government, to ensure food security and economic development in the state and the country.

H.E Gov. Buni made the declaration during the launching of mega agricultural empowerment programme by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Damaturu, the state capital on Saturday.

President Tinubu who was represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima commended H.E Gov. Buni for the laudable mega agric interventions scheme saying the programme is at the heart of his administration’s ongoing efforts to enhance food security, create jobs, and diversify Nigeria’s economy through agriculture.

Tinubu said Yobe state is blessed with abundant arable lands, rivers and oases. It also has a very energetic youthful population, and the government has massively provided machines and equipment. It therefore becomes challenging for the people, especially the youth to take this opportunity to be gainfully employed.

The President graciously approved provision of mini-rigs for tube wells, solar water pumps, agro-chemicals, power tillers, more fertilizers and other farm implements to support the state irrigation scheme in the state to attain food sufficiency, food security and economic growth.

H.E Gov. Buni emphasised the importance of residents taking advantage of the laudable opportunity to embrace agriculture for the state to cultivate and produce what to eat and ensure food security and economic development in the state and the country.

“Let me use this opportunity to passionately appeal to the good people of Yobe state to take advantage of this laudable opportunity to embrace agriculture for us to cultivate and produce what we eat to ensure food security and economic development”, he said.

Governor Buni reminded the people of the sad and unfortunate experiences in Yobe, Borno, and Adamawa states during the trying moments of adverse security challenges when the people could not access their farmlands as peace eluded the North East.

He said “We know better, what the absence of peace means. We have many sad stories to tell from our horrible experiences. We cannot afford to invite any other threat to peace and security. Therefore, we should jealously guard the peace we now enjoy and never be part of any plot to disturb our hard-earned peace”.

He warned “We must not create opportunities for our common enemies to take advantage of any form of protest to send us into another dark and horrible experience. Therefore, Yobe state is categorically saying, NO to protests, and would not participate in any form of protest by whatsoever name.

The Governor declared “Yobe state is categorically saying No to protests, and would not participate in any form of protests by whatsoever name. We should remain faithful, prayerful and optimistic as the federal government under the leadership of His Excellency President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is taking drastic measures to address all the challenges”.