The Borno
State Governor, Kashim Shettima, on Wednesday temporarily moved his office to
Bama, a town badly destroyed by the Boko Haram.
The governor
did that as part of commencement of the reconstruction of the liberated
communities.
Mr Shettima,
who arrived Bama on Wednesday afternoon, said the destroyed city, the third
largest in the state, would from Wednesday become the seat of Borno State
government till he is done with his supervision of the reconstruction job.
“My office is
now here. I decided to relocate here to live here and supervise reconstruction
works. I will administer Borno State from here.”
The governor,
according to PT, indicated that he would not be returning to the state capital
for now.
“I am fully
prepared to be here for days to come, one week, two weeks or even more. I will
not leave until we are able to rebuild a good number of private houses,
municipal buildings, markets, schools and clinics. I want the reconstruction
work to take proper shape before I leave.
“We cannot
wait till forever before we reclaim our destiny. Bama is one of the worst
affected areas and we will move from here to other parts of the state.
“While I am
here, we have a full structure of Government in place operating in Maiduguri so
that activities of managing IDP’S, civil service, implementation of government
policies and programmes will continue while I am here. I will be in constant
touch with Maiduguri, I came prepared.”
Justifying
the governor’s relocation to Bama, 74 kilometres from the state capital, his
spokesperson, Isa Gusau, explained that “insurgents had attacked the town
killing dozens, destroyed more than 80 per cent of the thousands of houses in
the town, sacked the Emir and took over his palace after declaring it as
sovereign territory with set of laws and ‘constitutional’ leader.
“Military
toppled the insurgents and recovered the area by the end of 2015, months after
President Muhammadu Buhari took over affairs.”
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