Yobe State Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam, has donated his 60th birthday gifts to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Pompomary Camp in Damaturu, the headquarters of Yobe State.
The items included five heads of cows, two bulls, and 20 bags of Nigerian cultivated rice. The event kicked of with prayers at the Government House, Damaturu. The Deputy Governor Abubakar D. Ali, who led members of the State Executive Council in a surprise birthday visit to the governor said:
“We are here to join Your Excellency in praising Allah (SWT) and giving thanks to Him for your life; for your leadership, for your commitment to serving the people, for the examples you always set for us and to pray for long life and good health as you push forward with your services to our people.”
The deputy governor also conveyed a gift of five bulls to the governor on behalf of the delegation he led. The State Assembly Speaker, Adamu Dala Dogo, represented by his deputy, Dr. Kurmi Ibrahim Garba, also led members of the State Assembly to felicitate with the governor. They prayed Almighty Allah (SWT) to grant the governor good health, wisdom and long life to continue to serve the people of the state. The lawmakers also announced a gift of two bulls and 20 bags of locally produced rice to celebrate the governor’s birthday.
Members of the State’s Correspondents’ Chapel also felicitated with the governor. Led by Joel Duku of the Nation, the journalists joined others to wish the governor well as he marks his diamond anniversary.
Responding to the various people who came in to rejoice with him, the governor expressed gratitude to Almighty Allah (SWT) for sparing his life to reach 60, saying he has nothing else to do for Allah’s favours on him than to continue to dedicate his life to the service of the people. Gaidam also hosted separately the newly posted Commander of the 27th Task Force Brigade, Damaturu Brigadier General E.C Ekwesi and the outgoing Consul-General of the Saudi Arabian Consulate, Kano Mr. Majid Muhammad al-Qahtani. The new army commander said that he would work with the state government to ensure peace and security and make Boko Haram a history in the state.
The governor praised the military and other security forces for their gallantry and professionalism, saying, “under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari, they have lived up to our expectations in terms of security and defeating Boko Haram”.
He added that the terrorist group, Boko Haram, is in ‘irreversible retreat’ and assured the army commander of the state government’s continued support and partnership.
In his remarks to the outgoing Consul-General of the Saudi Consulate in Kano, Mr. Majid al- Qahtani, Governor Gaidam expressed happiness with the cordial relationship between the Saudi mission in Nigeria and the Yobe State
government. al-Qahtani said he came to felicitate with the governor over Eid-al-Kabir and to fraternise with the governor whom he described as a great servant of the people of Yobe State and of Islam.
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