What we have just witnessed here again today is a demonstration of the unity between the executive and the legislating arm of government. You. know that without such a constructive relationship, it would almost be impossible for us to deliver on our promises, but indeed, the dividends of democracy. So which is why we cannot thank the speaker and other members of the State House of Assembly for the swift nature which they attempt to our request, and as had also demonstrated in this particular bill. So we want to thank you most sincerely for the support you give to us. Again, what we have now done by signing into law the State University Medical and Applied Scieneces Teaching Hospital is that we now have in place a legal framework to immediately begin to put in place all that is required to upgrade the Medical and Applied Sciences th to a teaching hospital. This is part of our campaign promise and we are committed to delivering on that. What it means is that when we come back to you to ask for money to be dedicated to the upgrade Of our state, Medical and Applied Sciences Teaching Hospital that you know that it is part of what you have done here. You have asked us to go ahead and implement/. By the passing into law and the signing of this bill here today, we are now able to do all that. On our part, we believe that the importance and the significance of sighting a teaching hospital at our Enugu North zone can never be lost on us. And so, we are not going to spend any time in making sure that everything that is necessary and required to upgrade and get the teaching hospital operational get all the necessary approval that is required to operationalize the teaching hospital We are good to do. With this bill now, we’re going to redouble our commitment and our efforts to achieve that. So once again, I’m also taking this opportunity to thank the chairman of the governing council, and the Pro-Chancellor and other members of his team for their tireless efforts You’ve put in that university. We are going to continue to support you and we’re also going to continue to count on your experience, your your network, and your profile to be able to also use your reach to get us money. So, we look forward to all that. The Vice-Chancellor and your the management team, we are going to continue to support you and our expectations as you know are high. This year alone we’re going to be spending 33% on education which underscores the importance of education to this administration. So be sure to come to us whenever there is a need, we’re going to support you because we are interested in education and we’re investing in it because we know that it is our strongest weapon we have to get rid of pooverty out in our state.

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Two Boko Haram commanders, Ibrahim Muhammed and Auwal Muhammed, alias “Wanka’’, have surrendered to troops of Sector 3 of the Multinational Joint Task Force, MNJTF, in Monguno, Borno State.

Chief of Military Public Information of the MNJTF, Lt.-Col. Abubakar Abdullahi, revealed this on Tuesday, saying that the two insurgents escaped from the Kwalaram/Bakura Buduma camps after fighting for more than a decade.

He further stated that the former Boko Haram commanders caved in as a result of intensified kinetic and non-kinetic operations targeting terrorist groups within Sector 3 of the MNJTF.

Abdullahi stated also that during an investigation, the two Muhammeds admitted to their long-standing affiliation with the Bakura Buduma camp where they had fought for 15 years in Kwalaram, in Marte, Borno.

“The recovery of various items from the surrendering terrorists underscores the significance of this development.

“Items recovered from Ibrahim Muhammed were two AK-47 rifles, three AK-47 magazines, 90 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition, two magazine carriers and one mobile phone set.

“From Auwal Mohammed, we recovered five magazines, 101 rounds of 7.62-millimetre special ammunition, one X-mobile phone, two hand grenades and one X hand-held radio,’’ Abdullahi stated.

DAILY POST reports that the MNJTF is a combined multinational formation comprising military units from Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria.

It has its headquarters in N’Djamena and is mandated to bring an end to the Boko Haram insurgency.

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