Governors of the North-Eastern states of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba, and Yobe met on Saturday in Maiduguri to brainstorm on Boko Haram and how to rescue the economy of the region from the p
lunge.
The crisis has left over 1.5 million people displaced with many towns and villages deserted with the economy of the religion nearly breathless. The governors deliberated on matters bordering on security, oil exploration, environment, agriculture, and decayed infrastructure.A statement by the spokesman for the governor, Isa Gusau, on Saturday, said the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mele Kyari; and the Managing Director, North East Development Commission, Mohammed Alkali were also in attendance.
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