In continuation of his series of official engagements in Abuja, Gombe state Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has visited the Hon. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono in his office.
The Governor was accompanied by the state Commissioner of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Hon. Mohammed Magaji Gettado, Federal Permanent Secretary- designate, Babayo Ardo and Alhaji Abubakar Muazu Yariman Kashere as well as other aides.
He held discussions with the Minister and other officials of the Ministry on the progress so far made and new areas of collaboration in the efforts of his administration to revamp the Agricultural sector and ensure food security.
Recall that Governor Inuwa Yahaya has already keyed Gombe state into all Federal Government’s Agricultural programmes, projects and initiatives, hence his regular engagements with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture to review progress and strengthen collaboration for the benefit of farmers and the entire citizenry.
The Minister, acknowledged the efforts of the Governor to revitalize the Agricultural sector and improve farming activities and animal production, assuring him of Federal Government’s continued support and collaboration.
He also informed the Governor that Wawa-Zange Grazing Reserve project, which will be the pilot project of the National livestock transformation scheme will soon commence.
In Gombe state, Agriculture is one of the areas of priority of Governor Inuwa Yahaya’s administration.
…seeks support, collaboration for 2nd Gombe regional water project, others
Gombe state Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has visited the Federal Ministry of Water Resources where he met with the Hon. Minister, Engineer Sulaiman Adamu.
The Governor, in company of of the commissioner for water resources, Alhaji Mijinyawa Yahaya and his environment counterpart, Dr. Hussaina Goje as well as other aides, sought for support and collaboration of the Federal Ministry of Water Resources in his desire to commence the second regional water supply project from Balanga Dam.
The two leaders also discussed the Dadinkowa Hydropower project, Gombe Industrial park, urban water water supply among others.
Governor Yahaya informed the minister that his administration has already keyed into the expanded programme on water, sanitation and hygiene ( PEWASH) and othe Federal Government initiatives and has lined up programmes, including massive rehabilitation of existing boreholes, drilling of new ones and construction of toilets as well as provision of sanitary facilities in schools, health centres and other densely populated public places.
On his part, the Hon. Minister commended the Governor for his determination to tackle water supply problem in Gombe state as well as his support to irrigation farming through the provision of land for the Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria Project to improve access to irrigation and drainage services.
…canvases support to address environmental challenges in Gombe
…as Minister describes Governor’s afforestation programme as one of most organized in Nigeria
Gombe State Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya says his administration will continue to work in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Environment and relevant agencies to address teething environmental challenges confronting the State.
Governor Yahaya stated this when he visited the Minister of Environment, Alhaji Mohammed Ahmed Mahmood in his office in Abuja.
The Governor told his host that the vegetational composition of Gombe State coupled with mining and poor agricultural practices have negatively impacted on environmental management, leading to desertification and gully erosion.
He further explained that the State capital is situated in a deep valley which makes it more easier for large volume of water to flow through the city each time it rains.
He said these environmental challenges confronting the State were what informed his visit to the Federal Ministry of Environment so as to seek for ways to improve the environment for the benefit of the people of the State.
Governor Yahaya said in the quest to save the environment, his administration has embarked on reforestation programme code named Gombe Goes Green (3G) targeting the planting of four million trees in four years.
He said the Forest Research Institute of Nigeria has equally joined hands with Gombe State Government to ensure that the target of planting the four million trees is achieved.
Governor Yahaya expressed the hope that through the climate change agenda and intervention funds, the State Government will partner with the Federal government to holistically address the challenges confronting the Environment.
He disclosed that his administration has since paid its counterpart fund of 500 million Naira to facilitate the activities of NEWMAP to help in the control of the monstrous gullies in the the State.
Governor Inuwa Yahaya expressed concern that the State may be left with more of such gullies to contain with in view of the fact that the NEWMAP project is gradually coming to an end.
He said the State has identified over two hundred active gullies, a situation the Governor said calls for concerted efforts to address.
On his part, the Minister of Environment, Alhaji Mohammed Mahmood applauded Governor Inuwa Yahaya for his determination to reclaim the environment through the Gombe Goes Green (3G) initiative, saying the Federal Ministry of Environment will support the noble effort.
He described the afforestation programme of Gombe state as one of the most organized in the country, calling on other states to emulate the Gombe model.
He said his Ministry, through its agencies will continue to work in partnership with the Gombe State Government to improve the environment and the general ecosystem.
He appreciated Gombe state Governor for providing office accommodation for some of the arms of the Ministry, which he said will facilitate more harmonious and closer working relationship.
The Governor was accompanied on the visit by the Commissioner of Environment and Forestry Resources, Dr. Hussaina Goje and her Water Resources counterpart, Alhaji Mijinyawa Yahaya, Special Adviser, Abuja Liaison, Hon. Usman Aliyu Garry and Director General, Federal Government Bureau, Mr. Nuhu Sada as well as other aides.
… says Gombe ready to host NAF’s men and platforms
…As CAS reveals plan to set up school, medical facility, special unit in Gombe as part of FOB package
Gombe State Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has again reassured the Nigerian Airforce that the State is well prepared to receive its men and platforms for the soon to be established Forward Operational Base, FOB in Gombe.
Governor Inuwa Yahaya restated this when he visited the Chief of the Air staff, Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar at the headquarters of the Nigerian Airforce in Abuja.
The Governor said the centrality of Gombe State in the North East places it at a vantage position for the siting of the Forward Operational Base of the the Nigerian Airforce and other establishments that have to do with the sub-region.
He noted that locating the FOB in Gombe will help in boosting security in the North East and the country as a whole, adding that without security nothing can fundamentally be achieved.
The Governor further explained that the desire of the Nigerian state to advance the course of its people can only be achieved if lives and property are secured.
He said the determination of his administration to partner with the Nigerian Airforce towards the establishment of the FOB in the State was demonstrated in his prompt approval and allocation of 230 hectares of land for the project, adding that the State is ready to host officers and men of the force in Gombe.
He said the State is naturally endowed with minerals resources which include oil and gas recently discovered but this discovery the Governor added could attract criminal elements, hence the desirability of the FOB in the State.
The Governor assured the Nigerian Airforce of finding home away from home in Gombe because of the cooperation and understanding of the people of the State.
Earlier speaking, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar said the Nigerian Airforce is working with other security agencies to ensure that the North East and indeed the entire country is safe and secure.
He said the Nigerian Airforce had in the last five years flown about twenty six thousand two hundred hours and nine minutes to protect the people of the North East.
Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar disclosed that prior to the coming of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, the force had only two units in the North East sited in Yola and Maiduguri but that as at present the Airforce has established units in virtually all the states within the sub-region.
The CAS informed the Governor that NAF will also deploy a special unit in Gombe that will protect its assets and by extension support the improvement of security of the state, just as he disclosed plans to set up school and medical facility as part of the package for the establishment if the base.
He assured the Governor that a special team will be in Gombe for further engagements, adding that platforms to be deployed to the Gombe will arrive the state in October this year.
Air Marshal Abubakar commended Governor Yahaya’s commitment to peace and security of Gombe state, North East and Nigeria as a whole.
Gombe state Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya says his administration will take maximum advantage of the national digital economy policy and strategy to deal with its socio-economic challenges.
The Governor stated this while speaking during the virtual commissioning of projects executed by the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy anchored in Abuja.
Governor Yahaya who was a special guest of honour at the occasion, described Information Communications Technology ( ICT) as critical to human existence in the modern era.
He said his administration will key into various innovative programmes offered by the different parastatals of the ministry to to improve on its e-governance drive and other digital Inclusion strategies.
The Governor commended the Hon. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami for the achievements he has recorded in his stewardship, saying Gombe State will continue to support and partner with the ministry and its parastatals towards bringing development to the doorsteps of the people of the State.
While emphasizing the importance of ICT, the Governor noted that but for the card reader which is a product of technology, the present administration in the country would not have come to being.
He said the capacity and the ability of Dr Isa Pantami is not in doubt, praising his courage and duggedness in transforming ideas into tangible results and in pursuing the agenda of the present administration.
He expressed the hope that the efforts of the Dr. Pantami in digital education and security will boost the economy, knowledge and security of the country.
During the event, 11completed projects for the digital economy sector were virtually commissioned, including a school knowledge centre at Hassan Central Primary School, Gombe.
The Secretary to the Gombe State Government Professor Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi has commiserated with the Chairman Asset Management Cooperation of Nigerian AMCON and Deputy Governor Central Bank of Nigeria CBN in charge of Corporate Services Mr. Edward Adamu over the death of his mother Mama Laraba Adamu Yola.
Njodi described the death of Mama Laraba Adamu Yola as a great loss to the family, the State and the Country at large.
He said the deceased was an epitome of motherhood whose contribution to her family birthed personalities such as; Professor Nana Tanko, and Mr. Edward Adamu who is currently AMCON Chairman and Deputy Governor Central Bank of Nigeria CBN.
While condoling with the family over the loss, the Secretary to the State Government enjoin the grieving family to take solace in the fact that mama lived an examplary life that will be greatly miss.
The Dan Malikin Ture, extended his heartfelt condolences to the Mai Ture,the entire Kaltungo Community and Gombe State at large over the inrepearable loss.
In the meantime, Professor Njodi was among the earlier callers at Mr. Adamu’s GRA resident in Gombe on a Condolance Visit.
The Executive chairman Gombe State Universal Basic Education Board SUBEB Hon. Babaji Babadidi has expressed satisfaction with the covid-19 safety protocols and the turn out of both teachers and students in Schools within Gombe metropolis.
Hon. Babaji Babadidi stated this when he led some staffs of the Board to monitor Schools Resumption for exiting students of Primary six, J.S.S 3 and S.S 3 as directed by Governor Mohammed Inuwa Yahaya.
He applauded the covid-19 safety measures put in place by some Schools visited in Gombe metropolis saying the quality assurance department of the Board will continue to monitor these protocols for continuity.
The Gombe SUBEB chairman said the monitoring of School Resumption is simultaneously carried out in all Local Government areas of the State assuring that the exercise will be an ongoing one.
Hon. Babaji Babadidi assured parents that the State Government has done everything necessary to ensure the safety of the resuming students but however added that parents also have a role to play in safeguarding the health of their children by encouraging them to constantly wash their hands.
He said the Gombe State Government through the State Universal Basic Education Board SUBEB has also made provision of Schools furnitures to ensure physical distancing which is one of the covid-19 safety protocols.
Hon. Babaji Babadidi who reiterated Government commitment to the Education sector, said the Inuwa Yahaya’s administration will continue to develop the art of teaching and learning in the State for the overall benefit of the up coming generation.
It will be recalled that Schools in Gombe State and the country in general were abruptly shut down due to the Coronavirus Pandamic.
Gombe state Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has commiserated with Mr. Edward L. Adamu, Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria ( Corporate Services) over the demise of his mother, Mama Laraba Adamu Yola who died yesterday in Gombe at the age of 90 years.
In a condolence message, the Governor described the death of Mama Laraba as a great loss not only to her immediate family but to the entire state.
He said the deceased was an upright woman who put a distinguished carreer in education and rose through the ranks to the position of a headmistress.
Governor Yahaya said the late nonagenarian was a family pillar who lived an exemplary life and impacted positively on the lives of her children, family and the community.
Governor Yahaya, on behalf of the Government and people of Gombe state, extended his heartfelt condolences to Mr. Edward Adamu and his siblings, Prof. Nana Tanko, Pastor Yakubu Adamu as well as other members of the family over the great loss, praying Almighty God to comfort them and grant the deceased eternal rest.
…As Gombe SSG leads state Governments scribes from NE on visit to Borno Governor
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zullum said the North East has huge potentials which remain untapped, especially in the Lake Chad Basin, which has the capacity of generating over one million jobs to the teeming youths of the region.
The Borno State Governor stated this when he played host to Secretaries to Governments of the North Eastern states alongside members of the technical committee at the sideline of the ongoing North East Governor’s forum meeting holding in Maiduguri, the State capital.
He said if the states within the North East can bury their differences and work together, the zone can be a shining star in the country.
The Governor said the North east has huge potentials, in Agriculture, noting that, no region in the country has as much arable land as the zone, but however lamented the under utilisation of this endowment.
He said the zone is also blessed with large deposits of minerals resources, which largely remain untapped, adding that the recent discovery of oil in the Northeast, is also a matter of great joy.
He said the under utilisation of the vibrant population of the zone was the bane of the region’s security challenges.
He further said the region has one of the highest number of livestock in the country.
He commended Professor Njodi and members of the technical team for a job well done, saying without their input, the successes so far achieved by the forum would not have been possible. He said all hands must be on deck in order to transform the North Eastern States in areas of infrascturacural development.
Professor Zullum equally praised the harmonious working relationship he had with the Gombe SSG during his days as the Vice chancellor of the University of Maiduguri.
Earlier Speaking, the Secretary to the Gombe State Government and leader of the delegation, Professor Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi said that the chief scribes and members of the technical committee are at the Borno State Government House to commiserate with the Government and people of Borno State over the recent attack on the governor’s convoy by insurgents, and the demise of President Muhammadu Buhari’s, Chief of staff, Malam Abba Kyari and the Governor’s Chief of staff, Dr. Babagana Wakil.
He prayed Allah to protect the Governor and to reward the contributions of the deceased principal aides to the development of Borno state and the country at large with Aljannatul Firdaus.
Professor Njodi pledge the unalloyed support and loyalty of the Secretaries to the State Governments and the technical committee members,to the success of the objectives of the Northeast Governor’s which is for the development of the region.
The Gombe State Government has begun the fumigation of 2,021 secondary schools across the state ahead of their reopening for the students in exit classes.
The schools are expected to reopen on August 10 for students in terminal classes after they had been closed some months ago due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic.
The Commissioner for Environment and Forest Resources, Dr. Hussaina Goje, on Friday said that 50 members of staff of Gombe State Environmental Protection Agency (GOSEPA) would participate in the exercise.
Dr. Goje, represented by Malam Sani Jauro, the Director of Planning in the ministry, said that out of the 2, 021 schools, 154 are Senior Secondary Schools, 347 are Junior Secondary Schools and 1,520 are Primary schools.
The commissioner said the chemical the officials would apply would be environmentally friendly and not harmful to human beings.
In his address, the Commissioner for Education, Dr. Habu Dahiru, said the exercise was part of the measures put in place to combat COVID-19 as well as the preparation for schools’ opening after four months of closure.
He said disinfecting the schools would guarantee the safety of the children, prevent them from contracting the virus from objects and other possible places.
Dr. Dahiru said they would ensure that all the schools were fumigated before the government announces the resumption date for the rest of the students who are not in the exit classes.
He called on the principals and head teachers of the schools to give the necessary support needed to ensure a hitch-free exercise.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the exercise began with the Government Senior Science Secondary School, Gombe and, subsequently, to Government Girls’ College, Doma.
The commissioner also visited the Cooperative Finance Agency (CFA), who supplies foodstuffs to the secondary schools in the state, and directed them to supply food stuffs to the 20 schools operating boarding facilities across the state.
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