Former Senate Leader who represents Borno South at the National Assembly, Ali Ndume, has advised youths and people of his senatorial district to embrace agriculture and business activities to mitigate the effect of the economic hardship in the country.
Speaking at the weekend in Gwoza and Askira–Uba local government areas, while embarking on his end-of-the-year visit to the nine local government areas, and the five emirate councils of the southern Borno senatorial district, Senator Ndume noted that the new minimum wage was nothing to write home about maintained that the only escape route from hunger is for the people to engage in massive farming.
Addressing youths of Gwoza at the Emir’s palace which was the first place he visited, the lawmaker told them to seize the initiative to expose Boko Haram collaborators in their midst.
He noted that the terrorists could not have found their way to carry out attacks in some of the communities in Gwoza and other areas of southern Borno without informants, who are giving information to the terrorists, and urged the youths to deal with such collaborators by exposing them to the security agencies.
The former Senate Leader commended the state governor, Babagana Zulum, for resettling eleven communities previously displaced by Boko Haram terrorists in the Gwoza local government.
He added that the governor is working hard to resettle the Ashigarsya, Hambagda, Wala, and Yamtake communities of the council.
At the emir of Uba palace, Senator Ndume urged youths in southern Borno to as well embrace education, saying that the certificate obtained could be useful, even while the youths engage in other activities, such as agriculture or vocational skills to augment their livelihoods.
In his remarks, the Emir of Uba, Alhaji Ismaila Manza, appealed to the people to heed the advice given by Senator Ndume to embrace farming for self-sustainability.
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