APC Convention: Gov. Buni Returns Home with Rousing Welcome, Promises Massive Youth Empowerment

Gov. Buni smiling in the crowd

 From JOE Hemba

 Yobe state Governor Mai Mala Buni was yesterday treated to a grand state reception after completing his National Assignment of repositioning the ruling APC in the last 22 months as its caretaker chairman.

 Recall that the ruling APC conducted her National Convention in Abuja on the 26 of March under the leadership of Gov Buni where the Natioanl leaders of the party were elected ahead of the 2023 general election.

 Gov. Buni who landed in the waiting cheers of a huge crowd at the Maiduguri International Airport drove through the dangerous Maiduguri/Damaturu highway in a long convoy where he met yet another tumultuous crowd at Warsala, a boarder town between Yobe and Borno state. 

 The proper grand reception took place at the August 27 Stadium which was full to capacity. It had in attendance, the Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Sen. Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan, the deputy Governors of neighboring Borno and Gombe State to share in the love of the people for their governor. 

Other dignitaries at the occasion include the Speaker, Yobe State House of Assembly, members of the National Assembly from Yobe State, Members of the State Executive Council, the State Secretary to the Government of Yobe State, Baba Malam Wali, the Head of Service Nura Mohammed among others.

 Addressing the crowd at the August 27 Stadium, Gov. Buni promised to focus his policy on making youths in the state productive. According to him, over 300,000 youths in the state will receive different empowerment capacities to make them active entrepreneurs as a deliberate way of taking them off the poverty line.

The elated Buni thank the people of the state for understanding with him, the prayers which he noted have aided him to successfully complete his assignment.

Gov. Buni also promised to procure and distribute tricycles to youths across the State all in an effort to make them self-reliant by the will of Almighty Allah.

 “Youth constitute the larger number of our population in the state. A strategic investment in this direction will be the best for the future of our dear state. This administration will do everything humanly possible to make them not only productive but suitable for other competitive jobs within and outside the state,” Gov. Buni said. 

Gov. Buni with the Senate President Ahmed Lawan

He admonish politicians to show good leadership that will mentor the younger ones for the benefit and survival of the country. In his remarks, the Senate President Ahmed Lawan expressed his delight on how Gov. Buni had made Yobe proud with the success recorded during his time at the helms of the party and for conducting a successful convention. 

 “We are proud Yobeans because you have done everything and anything expected of you as the chairman, and convention planning committee caretaker,” Lawan said.

One of the major highlights of the occasion was the presentation of APC flag to former Senator, Mohammed Hassan and others  who defected from the PDP to the APC some few months ago.

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