{"id":440804,"date":"2011-06-13T23:00:29","date_gmt":"2011-06-13T23:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/13\/why-shettima-is-in-a-hurry-to-develop-borno-%e2%80%93-bwala\/"},"modified":"2011-06-13T23:00:29","modified_gmt":"2011-06-13T23:00:29","slug":"why-shettima-is-in-a-hurry-to-develop-borno-bwala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/13\/why-shettima-is-in-a-hurry-to-develop-borno-bwala\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Shettima is in a hurry to develop Borno \u2013 Bwala"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BY NDAHI MARAMA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Former Commissioner for Home Affairs, Information and Culture, under the immediate past administration of governor Ali Modu Sheriff of Borno state, Hon. Inuwa Bwala, in this interview said the formation of committees less than one week was in line with Gov. Kashim Shettima\u2019s vision for Borno State.<\/strong><\/em>
He also spoke on politics of Borno and how Shettima will weather the storms.<\/strong><\/em> Excerpts:<\/p>\n

Recently Governor Kashim Shettima approved committees to reform the education sector,\u00a0 rehabilitation and\u00a0 equipping of Hospitals and drilling of 100\u00a0 and rehabilitation\u00a0 of 200 boreholes within 100 days. Having served in the\u00a0 immediate past administration and a strong member of the ANPP in the state, do you see the government meeting these targets in 100 days?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The formation of these committees barely one week after the governor\u00a0 assumed duty is in line with the pace he promised to move\u00a0 and the vision he told the people of Borno State during\u00a0 his inauguration. The committees comprise of tested hands and\u00a0 professionals in most of these fields and I have no doubt that they will deliver. What is heartwarming about the formation of these committees is that the governor does not want to disappoint the people of Borno State by the time he will be 100 days in office. From all indications, he is working towards meeting some of\u00a0 the pledges he made to the people of Borno State during his inaugural speech. One of them is his\u00a0 plan to drill 100 boreholes across the state by the time he will be 100 days in office.<\/p>\n

With the committee on Water in place, it tells you that he is working in that direction. There were some rigs that were purchased by the state government for this purpose. Those that are down, he\u00a0 will rehabilitate them and those that are functional, he will put them to full use. From the way things are going in that\u00a0 sector, I am hopeful\u00a0 that, he will deliver on that promise.<\/p>\n

On\u00a0 education, you know it is a broad-based subject, given the state of education in the state. Already the machinery for renovations of schools in the state has been put in place. Procurement of\u00a0 learning\u00a0 materials and equipments for laboratory is part of\u00a0 the recommendation,\u00a0 which the committee may have to work out, and I am sure it may not be possible\u00a0 for us to bring a revolutionary change in the educational sector in 100 days, but I can assure you that, change would be seen by the time\u00a0 the governor is 100\u00a0 days in office, because by then there would be a focused,\u00a0 calculated and a\u00a0 deliberate policy for the educational improvement in the\u00a0 state.<\/p>\n

As for the\u00a0 health sector, most of the hospitals are being renovated,\u00a0 some have been\u00a0 renovated and new ones have been built. What he is going to do in some of them\u00a0 is to put finishing touches, equip them and then\u00a0 purchase sufficient drugs. He is particularly passionate\u00a0 about the issue of\u00a0 health, having been a health commissioner, who initiated\u00a0 most of these things that are happening today.<\/p>\n

Why is\u00a0 the governor focusing\u00a0 on just\u00a0 these sectors?<\/strong><\/em>
The resources available to government at any given times are limited in the face of numerous and competing demands. The government has do define its priorities in the areas that it wants to develop because pursuing everything at the same time sometimes causes distraction. So, the government in its wisdom chose to concentrate on the three sector and put them on the right track. After these, I\u00a0 am sure he will pick up another three issues and\u00a0 develop them. So, it is going on in phases.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t you think that something like Agriculture is left out as this is the farming season and most of\u00a0 the electorate in\u00a0 Borno State are peasant farmers ?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The governor also served as a commissioner in the Ministry of Agriculture and knows what it means for the people of Borno State at this time.\u00a0 I believe the governor is not silent about the agricultural\u00a0 sector. It is just that he has not mentioned it.<\/p>\n

There are plans for the farming season and His Excellency has\u00a0 promised to provide in addition to the 600 tractors procured for distribution to all local government in the state more tractors such that, by the time we attend one year in office or may\u00a0 be second year in office he would have provided at least 50 tractors for each\u00a0 local\u00a0 government area in the state, which will be sufficient for the farming needs of the farmers. Secondly, he is in the process procuring\u00a0 fertilizers. There are also arrangements to bring chemicals. So, it is not as if he has ignored farming, why he is not emphasizing\u00a0 on farming for now is because already the machinery is on\u00a0 ground.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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