President Muhammadu Buhari will arrive in Maiduguri on Thursday on a one-day working visit to Borno State.

This was disclosed by Governor Babagana Zulum on Tuesday evening at the state’s Government House.

Zulum noted that the President would be appraising the security situation in the northeast and also inaugurate 4,000 houses that were part of the federal government’s housing project, as well as some local projects executed by the state government.

He said, “The President would commission the first phase of the 10,000 houses which he graciously approved and funded for the resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and refugees.”

According to the Governor, the housing project in Borno is the largest federal government housing intervention sited in one state.

He, therefore, urged the resident to come out and accord the President a rousing welcome, reminding them of the President’s recent approval for the establishment of a power plant by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in Borno, to address electricity problems.

Governor Zulum highlighted the other projects approved which he attributed to the President’s compassion and concern for the humanitarian situation in the state.

“Most respectfully, I urge all of us to demonstrate Borno’s creed of hospitality which we are known for, with the culture of dignity, the culture of respect, and the culture of honouring our guest.

“Let us once again show the Borno in all of us as we host our guest,” he pleaded.

Buhari’s last visit to Maiduguri was in February 2020, where he went to sympathise with the people over the attack on stranded travellers in Auno that left many dead but was booed by youths in front of the Ramat Polytechnic as he made his way into the town from the airport.

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