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Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has expressed confidence that the production of the North East Stabilization and Development Masterplan through an inclusive engagement process will yield workable and acceptable strategies for the commission’s activities in the region.

Governor Inuwa made the assertion at the opening ceremony of a state-level engagement and consultative meeting on the North-East Stabilization and Development Masterplan Project (NESDMP) held in Gombe.

The Governor described the Masterplan as a milestone and a quantum leap in the region’s collective history and achievements, as it will sign post a road map for the transformation of critical sectors enshrined in the NEDC mandate.

“Therefore, our active participation in this important consultative meeting is crucial to ensuring the success of the Commission. This is because without a good roadmap that reflects the true yearnings and aspirations of the people of the sub-region, it will be difficult for the Commission to achieve the primary objectives of coordinating the resettlement, rehabilitation, integration and reconstruction of infrastructure in the sub-region”.

He explained that the production of the North East Stabilization and Development Masterplan is similar to the engagements the State carried out for the preparation of DEVAGOM, the 10-year plan which his administration developed to serve as a development roadmap for the State.

The Governor revealed that the preparation of DEVAGOM was facilitated by seasoned development experts and practitioners, supported by local and international partners.

He noted that DEVAGOM derived its contents also from a state-wide stakeholders consultation, spanning all the 114 wards of the State which aimed at deepening ownership of the development process and promoting greater inclusiveness, transparency and accountability in governance.

“Today, this helps to track our performance and plan for the future. Copies of the document are presented for guidance and reference to details in the upcoming discussions by our representatives and other participants”.

Governor Inuwa Yahaya observed that the North-East Development Commission is one of the numerous democracy dividends the sub-region is enjoying under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.

The Governor recalled that since its inception in 2019, the commission has facilitated the quick recovery and socio-economic development of the subregion following the devastation caused by the Boko Haram insurgency.

He said the Commission has equally recorded many laudable achievements especially in the areas of humanitarian assistance, reconstruction and rehabilitation of communities affected by insurgency .

The Governor however said to give the young commission a sound footing and to ensure that it delivers on its statutory mandates, it is necessary to have a comprehensive masterplan that will guide its future interventions.

He therefore thanked the North-East Development Commission (NEDC) of adopting a participatory and consultative approach to decision-making and for organising the engagement meeting in Gombe, describing the initiative as a
testimony to the commitment of the Commission’s management to developing a robust stabilization and development masterplan for the region.

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouk represented by Group Captain Sadiq Garba Shehu said her ministry is in full support of activities of the NEDC towards complementing the developmental efforts of the Governors of the North East particularly Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya.

“Your Excellency sir the Hon. Minister mandated me to express her appreciation for the huge support that the Gombe State Government accords to the North East Development Commission. The latest is the allocation of a very befitting plot of land for the NEDC to build its office”.

The Managing Director of the NEDC, Mohammed Goni Alkali said the Stabilization and Development Masterplan will contain programmes and schemes that promote and facilitate physical and socio economic development of the North East.

Represented by the Executive Director Operations in the Commission, Maiwada Mohammed Umar, the Managing Director said in order to come up with a robust Masterplan, the commission deemed it necessary to harvest and cross fertilize ideas for an all-inclusive buy in in the plan.

Giving an overview of the Plan, the lead consultant of the North East Stabilization and Development Master Plan Project, Dr Kassim Gidado said the plan is a realistic and well articulated document which seeks to engender sustainable development for shared prosperity among the people of the North East in particular and Nigerian in general.

He said the North East Sustainable and Development Masterplan takes interest at natural and human resources of the sub-region with a view to transforming such comparative advantage for the overall socio- economic, environmental and infrastructural benefit of the people of the zone.

He said the plan drew inferences from the Sustainable Development Goals SDGs and poised to fulfil some of the critical SDG’s goals by the year 2030

There were goodwill messages from the speaker Gombe State House of Assembly, Hon. Abubakar Mohammed Luggerewo, the State Commissioner of Finance Muhammad Gambo Magaji, comrade Gloria Usman of the Civil Society Organisations and the Mai Kaltungo who spoke on behalf of traditional institution.

Ismaila Uba Misilli
Director-General
( Press Affairs)
Government House
Gombe

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Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya says his administration holds women and youths in high esteem and will continue to support their cause, considering their role in societal development.

The Governor stated this during the launching of Dukku/Nafada Women Empowerment Programme organised by Member representating Dukku/Nafada Federal Constituency, Hajiya Aishatu Jibir Dukku.

He said to underscore its resolve to promote their wellbeing and empowerment, his government has ensured that women are appointed and well represented in different positions.

” You are all witnesses to the fact that during our stewardship, we ensured that women were elected councillors, we also got a local government chairperson and appointed several women to man different strategic positions including key ministries, civil service and teachers service commissions, Gombe State Agricultural Development Programme (GSADP) among others”.

He described women as great pillars of support, and assured that his administration will continue to value them and work with the for the betterment of the Society.

The governor assured the good people of Dukku that his government will continue to execute developmental projects in the area.

“All plans are put in place to ensure the construction of Dukku-Kunde Road. In no distant time, work will commence in earnest at the Campus of Gombe State University here in Dukku”.

Expressing his government’s readiness to address the problem of acute water scarcity in Dukku, the governor said, “We will soon commence Dukku water projects where all earth dams will be dredged and many more will be built to ensure proper portable water supply in Dukku and environs. Additionally, many industrial boreholes will be sunk, water tankers and other facilities will also be provided to complement”.

He appreciated the effort of the Hon. Aishatu Dukku for initiating the women empowerment programme, saying such gesture will go along way in touching the lives of the people and making them self reliant.

Governor Inuwa supported the programme with the sum of two million Naira for the youth and women groups.

In her remarks, Hajiya Aishatu Jibrin Dukku, said the purpose of organising the programme was to support women in her constituency with start up capital so that they can engage in meaningful ventures that will support them and their families.

She expressed her unflinching support to the policies and programmes of Governor Inuwa, which she described as purely people-oriented.

The lawmaker thanked Governor Inuwa for executing capital projects in her constituency, citing the linking Bridge along Nafada-Biri Road as an important project that links many communities across Nafada and Dukku local governments.

Sh also gratefully cited other projects executed by the Governor in the areas of education, health and environment as well as appointments of sons and daughters of her constituency in various capacities, including development facilitators and therefore rallied her constituents to reciprocate the gesture by supporting Inuwa Yahaya’s Administration to continue with the developmental projects beyond 2023.

In her remarks, the Gombe State First Lady, Hajiya Asma’u Inuwa Yahaya stressed the importance of women empowerment, saying that “empowering women is empowering the whole society”.
She then urged the beneficiaries to use the assistance given to them judiciously.

300 women benefitted in this batch of the programme where each went home with N10,000.

Earlier in his welcome address the Chairman of Dukku Local Government Council, Alh. Jamilu Ahmed Shabewa thanked Governor Inuwa Yahaya for giving women the priority they deserve, adding that the governor has always been supportive to the course of women in the State.

In their separate goodwill messages, the State APC Women Leader, Hajiya Lumbi Abubakar and Hon. Salima Abdullahi; councilor representing Waziri North expressed their gratitude to Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya for carrying women along, describing him as ‘women-friendly governor’.

They expressed confidence that with the support of women, APC will certainly emerge victorious come 2023.

Other important functions performed by Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya include: commissioning of APC Women Office at Waziri Ward and Commissioning of Water Tanker Loading Point at Wuro Tara.

Before leaving Dukku, Governor Inuwa paid homage to His Royal Highness, the Emir of Dukku, Alh. Haruna Abdulkadir Rashid at his Place in Dukku.

Ismaila Uba Misilli
Director-General
( Press Affairs)
Government House
Gombe

Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya (Dan Majen Gombe) has been nominated as 2022 Grand Ambassador of Security and Peace in Nigeria by People’s Security Monitors in recognition of his sterling leadership, superlative performance and uncommon commitment to security issues.

The notification of the award, which was conveyed via a letter addressed to the Governor, noted that the decision to confer this highest award on the Governor followed strict scrutiny and comprehensive appraisal of his result-oriented, sterling leadership and immense achievements in security and peace in Gombe State, the North East and the North generally since his assumption of office as Governor.

The organisation hinted that the resolution of Extraordinary Editorial Board Meeting held in conjunction with members of the Steering Committee during the organisation’s 2022 Annual Conference observed that Gombe State has become a model for other states to emulate in terms of security.

It disclosed that the conferment of the prestigious award to the Gombe Governor will be done during this year’s Peoples Security Monitors Conference & Recognition/Awards Ceremony slated for Wednesday 23rd, March, 2022, at the Nigerian National Merit Award House, Maitama, Abuja.

During the event, Governor Inuwa is expected to address the conference on security challenges especially in the Northeast and the best way to overcome them at this precarious time of our enormous security challenges in the country.

People’s Security Monitor is an independent security radio programme and online media organization with a wide audience in the Federal Capital Territory and other states of the federation with immense influence on social media. It serves as a social vehicle to drive a formidable platform between the people and the security agencies with a view to reducing insecurity to the barest minimum level in order help achieve a more secured and crime free Nigeria.

Recall that despite being at the center of the insurgency-wrecked Northeast, Gombe enjoys relative peace and is adjudged as the most peaceful state in the North-East by the forum of State Directors of Security (SDS); one of the most peaceful states in the country by Eons Intelligence in addition to the fact that Gombe is the reining number one state in the ease of doing business ranking in Nigeria; the development that is borne out of Governor Inuwa’s pragmatic and legendary leadership disposition that places Gombe State on the path of sustainable peace and development.

Ismaila Uba Misilli
Director-General
( Press Affairs)
Government House
Gombe

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Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has received with sadness, the news of the demise of Gombe State Controller of Nigeria Immigration Service, Alhaji Habu Sule Oyigwu whose sad event occurred in the early hours of today Saturday, 12th March, 2022 in Gombe.

Governor Inuwa, while reacting to the sad news, described the death of the late NIS Controller as deeply painful and a big loss to the service, Gombe State and Nigeria as a whole.

The Governor described the deceased as a highly resourceful man and fine officer who served the nation diligently and carried out his duties with sense of pride and patriotism.

He recalled that his service in Gombe from 16th September, 2021 until his death had been eventful and characterized with contributions that greatly assisted the government in managing issues around the security of lives and property of the citizenry.

Governor Inuwa noted that as a member of the Gombe State Security Council, the late Oyigwu’s contributions during deliberations were always very useful and incisive.

The Governor, on behalf of the government and people of Gombe State, conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the immediate family of the deceased, the Comptroller- General, men and officers of the Nigerian Immigration and the state command of the service as well as the government and people of Nasarawa State, where the deceased hailed from, praying Almighty Allah to forgive his shortcomings and reward his good deeds with Aljannat Firdaus.

Ismaila Uba Misilli
Director-General
( Press Affairs)
Government House
Gombe

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Governor Inuwa Commiserate with the families Ali Baba, Mike Samari and Rear Admiral Aliyu (Rtd) over loss of their loved ones.

Governor Inuwa Yahaya’s condolence message to the grieving families was delivered by a government delegation led by the SSG Prof Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi.

The representative of the Governor Prof Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi explained how touched the State Chief Executive was on recieving the sad news of the incidents.

He called on the affected families to accept the fact that God does everything in accordance with his perfect will.

Prof Njodi reminded them that as a people of faith they should admit the fact that every living being is destined to die at some point in time.

He noted that though Lossing loved ones is always painful, their is the need for them to take solace in the fact that only God gives and take away life.

In their separate response, Habu Zarma, Malbang Mike Samari and Ibrahim Alewa appreciated Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya for sending a delegation of government to identify with them in their moment of grief.

Special prayers were offered for the bereaved families visited.

The SSG was accompanied on the condolence visit by the Majority Leader State House of Assembly, Commissioners, Special Advisers and other top Government officials.

Joshua Danmalam
Information Officer SSGs office.
9/3/22

Earlier today, Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya ( Dan Majen Gombe) paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Wazirin Gombe over the death of Hajiya Shabiki Jalo Waziri who died yesterday.

Accompanied by top government functionaries and aides, Governor Inuwa was received by Alhaji Yusuf Jalo and his brothers; including Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of Central Securities Clearing System Plc, Haruna Jalo-Waziri, Director/CEO Abuja Geographic Informations Systems (AGIS) Isa Ibrahim Jalo, Ph.D, the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Ibrahim Dasuki Jalo and other family members.

The Governor described the late Hajiya Shabiki as an examplary mother and house wife whose life was full of lessons for her family members and all those who related with her.

He said her death is a great loss, not only for her immediate family but the state in general.

Governor inuwa, on behalf of government and people of Gombe State, conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the entire members of Jalo Waziri family, praying Almighty Allah to comfort them and grant their deceased sister Aljannat Firdaus.

Ismaila Uba Misilli
DG( Press Affairs)
Government House
Gombe

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