The Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, has said despite
the insurgency in the state, Maiduguri, the state capital, is safer than Lagos,
Abuja and most state capitals in the country.
He stated this in Bauchi on Tuesday while addressing the
Batch B National Youth Service Corps members deployed in Borno State, who are
undergoing their orientation in Bauchi State.
The 1,387 corps members, deployed in Borno State, were sworn
in on November 28 at their camp in Bauchi.
Shettima, while assuring them that Borno State was now
peaceful, said, “With all sense of responsibility and honesty, am saying that
the worst in Maiduguri is over. Borno is now on the path to sustainable peace.
“Maiduguri is now safe even more than Lagos, Abuja and many
other state capitals in Nigeria.”
He added that the Federal Government and the state
government were working to maintain the peace in the state as the fight against
insurgency was getting to an end.
The governor stated that despite some differences among
Nigerians, they shared and were tied to a common destiny of making Nigeria
great.
Source:Punch Ng
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