The governor of Borno state, Babagana Umara Zulum, has jetted out to the holy land, for the 2024 Hajj exercise According to reports making the rounds on Monday, June10, Zulum travelled to Saudi Arabia and handed over the state’s affairs to his deputy, Umar Usman Kadafur
The Yobe state assembly speaker confirmed the development and disclosed that Zulum would be absent in the state for 28 days...CONTINUE READING
Ajapareporter.com journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements. Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno state has handed over power to his deputy, Umar Usman Kadafur, and embarked on a trip to Saudi Arabia for the 2024 Hajj exercise. Borno governor transfers ower to his deputy, reason emerge Borno state governor, Zulum, transferred power to his deputy.
Zulum jets out to Saudi Arabia for 2024 Hajj Zulum joined 1,815 Borno pilgrims in Saudi Arabia for the holy exercise. The speaker of the Borno House of Assembly, Rt Hon Abdulkareem Lawan, confirmed the development in a notice released to the press on Monday, June 10. He noted that the governor was on 28-day vacation. Borno deputy gov takes over Speaking further, the speaker noted that the deputy governor would be in charge of governance from 10th to July 8th, 2024. As reported by Daily Trust on Monday, the speaker noted that the formal notice was in compliance with provisions of section 190 (1) of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He disclosed further that the assembly’s approval would give the deputy governor full powers to handle the state’s affairs without resort to the governor, Leadership reported. Meanwhile, the report disclosed that this is the second time that governor Zulum would transfer power to Kadafur to act as governor. The first was in April, 2021 when the governor went on 21-day vacation.
In another development, Ajapareporter.com reported that on Sunday, June 9, the Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims Board stated that an investigation conducted by Saudi Arabian authorities into the death of one of its pilgrims revealed that the pilgrim committed suicide in Madina. This was disclosed in a press release signed by the executive secretary of the board, Abdulsalam Abdul Kabir. According to the statement, another pilgrim from the state also died in Madina.
