The swearing-in of new commissioners and other appointees by Borno State governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, on Monday, has added to the number of academics in the administration. Daily Trust on Sunday spotlights these professors. No fewer than seven professors and three PhD holders were appointed into key positions, including commissioners and chairmen of some […]
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Borno raises the bar
Mon Dec 28 2020
When two professors took the oath of office as local government chairmen in Borno State last week, they became immediate celebrities, as it is unusual to find persons of their calibre stooping to stand for elections at that lower level.
Though Professors Adamu Alooma and Ibrahim Bukar won the contest unopposed in Damboa and Gwoza Local Government Councils, respectively, it did not draw away an inch from the uniqueness of their political foray. It is the first time in Borno and probably in the entire North, thus raising the bar henceforth, far up, for qualifications to such seemingly mundane positions.
Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum. Photo: TWITTER/GOVBORNO
I would like to overlook the gloom in the land of my birth today so that I can revisit an emerging significant story again about Borno State where the governor continues to inspire his people with good deeds nurtured by good thinking. I have devoted several topics to Zulum and his politics here. Don’t get it twisted, Zulum isn’t an impresario or an attention seeker. As I was saying, I have never met or spoken with him or his agents or aides. Only the works and services of the significant scholar in Borno State government house have impressed me. Don’t begin to think that his bribes have made a way for him regularly here. Even in classical and modern public relations management, let your works and products make a way for you. And now to the brass tacks: You must have heard that two professors and one doctorate degree holder, among other very educated citizens have just been elected local government council chairperso
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