Yobe, Borno Governors on post-insurgency recovery study tour in Japan (Photos)
Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State and his Borno State counterpart, professor Babagana Umara Zulum, are undertaking a study tour in Japan to borrow from the Hiroshima recovery process of the post-1945 Atomic bomb destructions.
According to a press statement signed by Mamman Muhammed, the media aide to Yobe State Governor, the tour coordinated by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Japanese International Corporation Agency (JICA) was to equip Yobe, Borno, and Adamawa state governments with a sustainable post-insurgency recovery process.
Governors Buni, Zulum, and a representative of the Adamawa state government jointly noted that the Hiroshima experience would contribute to fast-tracking peace-building and recovery processes from the horrific Boko Haram insurgency in their respective states.
Governor Buni who was accompanied by the Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Dr Abubakar Garba Iliya discussed areas of interest to the state which include education, agriculture, humanitarian and livelihood support as well as youth empowerment and skills acquisition.The delegation also had discussions on the Japan-Nigeria Parliamentary Friendship league, a lecture series on the history of Hiroshima, peace-building, and recovery.
The state governors paid a courtesy call on the Vice President of JICA, the Deputy Governor of Hiroshima city, and the Nigeria Ambassador to Japan.
Masha Allah Good work