NEWS : Governor Bindow Declares Forum For Secretaries to the State Governments Open.

26th  March, 2018
By Yunusa Abdullahi 

Governor Muhammed Umar Jibrilla  says Transparency and Accountability is the cardinals principles of his administration. 

The Governor stated this while declaring open a Two Day First  Quarter 2018 Edition of the Forum  of Secretary to the  Government of the Federation with  Secretaries  to State Governments held at the Banquet Hall of the Government House Yola recently. 

Governor Muhammed Jibrilla said that  Zero Tolerance on corruption in terms of managing the state resources is the first  step  taken by his government, explaining that his Administration has been  able to construct over Three Hundred and Fifteen world standard Roads across Adamawa state in a  shortest period while in office. 

He also said that  Adamawa state is  calm and stable in terms of  security, and commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his efforts in the fight against insurgency in the North East sub-region, hoping that the  deliberations and Resolutions reached would be  in the best interest  of Nigeria. 

In her presentation on the  National  Social  Investment  programme in  Nigeria, the Special Adviser on Social  Investment programme  Hajiya  Maryam  Uwais  said Nigeria  faces social  challenges  in its path towards rapid economic development and  growth. 

She explained that the  federal Government  had provided 1.66 Million  micro  lending for businesses  at the  bottom of the financial pyramid where Traders ,Women  cooperatives  and market  Women, Enterprising  Youth ,Farmers and  Agric workers were the beneficiaries of the  programme. adding that  259-- 431 Loans have been successfully disbursed  through  4,784 coops in across the 36 states and Abuja. 

Hajiya  Maryam Uwais also explained that the  Federal government  intends  to establish  Eight  Technology  Innovation Hubs  around the country  with  One in each of the Geo - political  Zone.

She said that the  humanitarian hub  in Adamawa state to encourage Technology related ideas on humanitarian  challenges  in collaboration with the  I C R C , Adamawa state Government  and Climate change  would be  addressed ,stressing that  the  Adamawa state  humanitarian  innovation hub in the North East is aimed to  support  and build  businesses  with  ideas  that proffers solutions to the  humanitarian  challenges  in the region .