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Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, has reacted to the disclosure by World Bank president, Jim Yong Kim, that President Muhammadu Buhari sought the institution’s support for Northern states.
Shettima said five Governors, including three representing South-South, Southeast and Southwest and late Nigerian Ambassador to the US, Professor Adefuye were present when Buhari in July 2015, asked Kim to support rebuilding of the northeast geo-political zone which has suffered massive destruction as a result of Boko Haram insurgency.
In a chat with newsmen Friday night, Shettima said Governors Rochas Okorocha of Imo, Adams Oshiomhole of Edo and Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo were all in attendance when President Buhari met with the World Bank chief.
He noted that it was in furtherance of the request that in 2016, the World Bank in collaboration with the European Union and office of the Vice President, organized a Recovery and Peace Building Assessment Report on the six states affected by the Boko Haram attacks in the northeast.
He recalled that it was verifiably discovered that the Boko Haram had destroyed public and private infrastructure worth nine billion dollars in the northeast from which destructions in Borno alone accounted for six billion US dollars.
Governor Shettima said while it was not his duty to speak for the President, he found it necessary to clear the air ”because it will unfair for him to keep silent” while President Buhari is wrongly misunderstood in his attempt to help in rebuilding Borno and other parts of the Northeast.
Shettima said five Governors, including three representing South-South, Southeast and Southwest and late Nigerian Ambassador to the US, Professor Adefuye were present when Buhari in July 2015, asked Kim to support rebuilding of the northeast geo-political zone which has suffered massive destruction as a result of Boko Haram insurgency.
In a chat with newsmen Friday night, Shettima said Governors Rochas Okorocha of Imo, Adams Oshiomhole of Edo and Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo were all in attendance when President Buhari met with the World Bank chief.
He noted that it was in furtherance of the request that in 2016, the World Bank in collaboration with the European Union and office of the Vice President, organized a Recovery and Peace Building Assessment Report on the six states affected by the Boko Haram attacks in the northeast.
He recalled that it was verifiably discovered that the Boko Haram had destroyed public and private infrastructure worth nine billion dollars in the northeast from which destructions in Borno alone accounted for six billion US dollars.
Governor Shettima said while it was not his duty to speak for the President, he found it necessary to clear the air ”because it will unfair for him to keep silent” while President Buhari is wrongly misunderstood in his attempt to help in rebuilding Borno and other parts of the Northeast.
