Abubakar Mohammed, Maiduguri
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has revealed plans to arrange two eye and dental hospitals throughout the area.
The announcement was made throughout an occasion within the Biu native authorities space the place he inaugurated the Borno State Vocational Enterprise Institute.
He famous that Borno State at present possesses just one eye and dental hospital positioned in Maiduguri.
Given the outstanding surge within the state’s inhabitants, he emphasised the need to determine two extra such hospitals—one in Northern Borno and one other in Southern Borno, particularly within the Biu and Monguno native authorities areas.
“Biu being the centre and the heart of southern Borno, the government has decided to build the eye and dental hospital here, as well as Monguno being the hub of Northern Borno,“ Zulum said.
As Governor Zulum commissioned the multi-billion naira vocational training institute in Biu, he pointed out that the huge number of unemployed youths and dropouts is alarming, especially in MMC, Jere and Biu.
He said this is to provide an opportunity for the youths to earn a livelihood for themselves, ” the Borno State Government has constructed 5 of those institutes of this nature within the state, the federal government has additionally rehabilitated 19 smaller technical and vocational institutes and all these institute’s gear are procured on the whole sum of about 5 billion naira the federal government within the state is dedicated to finish youths restiveness.
“The Borno State House of Assembly has reviewed the existing panel court laws that were reviewed in 1994 therefore very soon head of security agencies in the state will take a familiarisation visit, to acquaint the Royal Fathers and the society on the new laws that the house of assembly propagated, and we have a severe penalty under the new law any person convicted for political thuggery will be sentenced to about 7 years in prison and I will sign the bill next week, under no circumstances our youths to be allowed in engage in such gangsterism.“
The governor urged the people of Biu to maximise and utilize this facility maintain and sustain it in such a way the unborn generation will also benefit.
The Commissioner for Science Technology and Innovation, Abba Wakilbe said: “This facility consists of fifteen (15) workshops equipped with modern day training facilities for trades like tailoring and fashion design, hairdressing and cosmology, welding, plumbing and pipe fitting, carpentry and joinery, building technology, electrical works, solar panel and installation, automobile and mechatronics, agricultural technology, knitting and crocheting, aluminium fabrication and CT training facilities.”
Each division is optimally anticipated to graduate 30 trainees bringing the whole variety of trainees to 450 for your entire institute. The main criterion for admission is vulnerability.
