Borno State governor, Alhaji Kashim
Shettima says there are many good
things worthy of making the news in the
state other than the Boko Haram
insurgency.
Shettima, who was speaking at the 2013
Press Week and Northeast zonal meeting
of the Nigeria Union of Journalists
(NUJ) in Maiduguri, the Borno State
capital, said the state is better now than
it was two years ago and that the spate
of insurgency will soon become history.
“Most Nigerians have imagined fears
about Borno mainly due to what they
hear or read as news about us. I am sure
that our visitors now have a different or
less scary opinion of Maiduguri”, he
said.
“You must have seen the traffic on the
roads contrary to impressions you might
have formed that roads were empty; you
must have seen commercial activities in
place as against fears you might have
had that no businesses existed.
“You might have seen some projects, few
I must say, from what we are doing
across the state; in sharp contrast with
an impression you might have had that
government was at stand still”.
He, therefore, urged reporters to tell
other Nigerians and the rest of the
world what Borno is and not what it is
thought to be.
He added:”Borno is not all about Boko
Haram and I will call on the media to
tell more of our real stories. There are
many good things happening in Borno
State on all sectors.
“I am glad that Maiduguri is today safer
than it ever was in the last two years
and the rest of the state is also picking
up even though we still have some
challenges we are working very hard to
surmount”, Shettima added.
Shettima says there are many good
things worthy of making the news in the
state other than the Boko Haram
insurgency.
Shettima, who was speaking at the 2013
Press Week and Northeast zonal meeting
of the Nigeria Union of Journalists
(NUJ) in Maiduguri, the Borno State
capital, said the state is better now than
it was two years ago and that the spate
of insurgency will soon become history.
“Most Nigerians have imagined fears
about Borno mainly due to what they
hear or read as news about us. I am sure
that our visitors now have a different or
less scary opinion of Maiduguri”, he
said.
“You must have seen the traffic on the
roads contrary to impressions you might
have formed that roads were empty; you
must have seen commercial activities in
place as against fears you might have
had that no businesses existed.
“You might have seen some projects, few
I must say, from what we are doing
across the state; in sharp contrast with
an impression you might have had that
government was at stand still”.
He, therefore, urged reporters to tell
other Nigerians and the rest of the
world what Borno is and not what it is
thought to be.
He added:”Borno is not all about Boko
Haram and I will call on the media to
tell more of our real stories. There are
many good things happening in Borno
State on all sectors.
“I am glad that Maiduguri is today safer
than it ever was in the last two years
and the rest of the state is also picking
up even though we still have some
challenges we are working very hard to
surmount”, Shettima added.
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