{"id":6017,"date":"2020-08-08T20:17:32","date_gmt":"2020-08-08T20:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=6017"},"modified":"2020-08-08T20:17:32","modified_gmt":"2020-08-08T20:17:32","slug":"communique-expected-as-north-east-governors-meet-in-maiduguri-security-top-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=6017","title":{"rendered":"Communique expected as North east governors meet in maiduguri\u00a0   &#8230; Security top agenda\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Communique expected as North east governors meet in maiduguri<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8230; Security top agenda<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A communique is expected later in the day as Governors of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe states, making the North East Region, are meeting in Maiduguri the Borno State capital.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The meeting, by forum of northeast governors, is a follow up to the first held March in Gombe, which was hosted by Governor Inuwa Yahaya.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum started receiving the governors from Friday afternoon to earlier today in Maiduguri.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The opening ceremony held the government house in Maiduguri after which the governors went into closed door. Zulum welcomed his colleagues to set the tone.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Present were governors of Adamawa, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri; Bauchi, Bala Mohammed and Gombe, Mohammed Inuwa Yahaya. Taraba and Yobe were represented by deputy governors of Yobe.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6022\" src=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_20200808_16241-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_20200808_16241-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_20200808_16241-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_20200808_16241.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0Zulum, in his remarks, laid emphasis on security challenges facing the region, problems of unemployment, over dependence on federal allocation and how to move the region forward.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The governors will in addition to discussing security and development issues, receive presentations from the Northeast Development Commission, NEDC led by its managing director; Lafarge Ashaka also by its managing director; the GMD NNPC; the AIGP Zone 15 Nigerian Police Force and the Nigerian Army by the theatre commander 7 Division.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6021\" src=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_20200808_50360-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_20200808_50360-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_20200808_50360-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_20200808_50360.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Before today\u2019s (Saturday) meeting, a technical committee comprising Secretaries of\u00a0 Governments from the six states and focal persons from the NEDC had deliberated for four days to come up with an agenda.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The team chaired by the SSG, Gombe state, Professor Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi met governor Zulum to brief him ahead of the meeting that is now holding.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Communique expected as North east governors meet in maiduguri &#8230; Security top agenda A communique is expected later in the day as Governors of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe states, making the North East Region, are meeting in Maiduguri the Borno State capital. 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