Babagana Umara Zulum

Zulum Awards Scholarship To Children Of Civilian JTF Members

October 29, 2020 9:15 am

Borno Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has awarded scholarship to children of Civilian JTF, hunters and vigilantes, as a gesture of appreciation for their patriotism.

Many of the volunteers had paid the ultimate price while fighting Boko Haram in the last seven years. Their children had grown up without father figures.

Zulum also gave N50,000 each for widows of the slain volunteers and N20,000 each to the 9,000 volunteers on the payroll.

Each of the 9,000 volunteers will also receive 50-kg bag of rice, a carton of spaghetti and a gallon of cooking oil.

The Governor announced all the gestures on …

Zulum Visits Remote Kala-Balge, Shares ₦100m

February 20, 2020 4:22 am

Borno State governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, spent the most part of Tuesday in Rann, headquarters of Kala-Balge, Local Government Area, remotely located around a Nigerian border abutting Cameroon and Chad.

Governor Zulum flew from Maiduguri to Kala-Balge aboard a helicopter because it is impossible to access the LGA by road due to massive waterlog caused by discharge from a dam in Cameroonian territory in July 2019.

The Governor, who returned at night, supervised the distribution of N100m in cash to the residents in Rann, whose only option is to trek about 10 kilometres to border communities in order to …