The gesture is to facilitate swift response in its counter-insurgency operations in the North East.
Gombe State Governor presents title documents for 230 hectares of land donated to Nigerian Airforce. PHOTO CREDIT: Gombe State Government Media OfficeThe government of Gombe State has donated 230 hectares of land for the establishment of Nigerian Air Force Forward Operational Base in the state.
Mr Misilli said the governor made this known when he received a delegation of senior officers from the Headquarters of the Nigerian Airforce, led by Idi Lubo, an Air Vice Marshal, who was in the state at the instance of Chief of the Air Staff, Sadiq Abubakar. “You all know that we existed as one in the North Eastern days and we share boundaries with all the five other states in the region – Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Bauchi and Taraba states – so this centrality places us at an advantage.”
He described Gombe as a peaceful state because the people have accepted and agreed to live in peace with one another regardless of tribal or religious differences. A clear example of such a complementary relationship, the governor said, was the ceding of the NYSC orientation camp built by the state government some 13 years ago but now being used by the federal government as a de-radicalisation and rehabilitation centre for repentant Boko Haram.
“The NAF FOB will facilitate the country’s overall efforts to address the menace of the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-east in general and enhance security in Gombe state in particular.”
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