Buhari In Maiduguri On Official Visit
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital as part of his one-day official visit to the Boko Haram-troubled North East state
The presidential jet, conveying the President, landed at the Nigerian Air Force wing of the Maiduguri International Airport at about 10.45 a.m on Thursday.
He was received by Governor Kashim Shettima, his Deputy, Usman Durkwa, members of National and state houses of assemblies, as well as some top government functionaries.
Other dignitaries who received President Buhari were the Minister of State for Works, Alhaji Baba Shehuri; Maj.-Gen. Johnson Akinrouluyo, Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole; Heads of security agencies, community and religious leaders.
President Buhari is in Borno State to commission various projects executed by the Borno Government in Maiduguri metropolis. These include: Borno State University; Maiduguri Industrial hub, schools, roads and re-modeled Maiduguri Specialist Hospital.
The President is also expected to pay a courtesy visit to the Shehu of Borno, Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai El-Kanemi.
In line with the Borno State Government declaration of Thursday, April 25 as a public holiday to enable members of the public to welcome the president, hundreds of Maiduguri residents poured into the streets as the President’s entourage made its way from the airport to the Maiduguri metropolis.
Among projects that the President will commission are over 40 Mega schools constructed by the state government to cater for the over 50,000 children orphaned by the Boko Haram insurgency.
The schools, located in the 27 local government areas of the state, are designed with e-learning facilities and modern gadgets. Already, one of the schools has been named as ‘Muhammadu Buhari Academy’.
According to the Presidency, President Buhari is expected to jet out to London later today after his engagements in Borno State visit – With agency reports