Prioritise People’s Interest, Welfare, Buni Tells LG Chairmen, Govt Appointees

Yobe State Governor, Hon. (Dr.) Mai Mala Buni, has charged the 17 newly elected local government council chairmen, two newly appointed commissioners and a permanent secretary to prioritise the interests and welfare of the people above personal considerations.

A statement issued by the director general Press Affairs and Media to the Governor, Alhaji Mamman Mohammed said Governor Buni gave the charge in Damaturu while swearing in the public officers, urging them to justify the confidence reposed in them by the electorate and the state government through effective, efficient and people-centred service delivery.

Buni expressed confidence in their capacity to deliver on their responsibilities and urged them to align with the administration’s reform agenda to sustain progress in governance and improve the lives of citizens.

The governor highlighted the administration’s achievements in the health sector, citing the successful total hip replacement surgery at the Yobe State University Teaching Hospital and a major maxillofacial surgery at the Damaturu Specialist Hospital as evidence of the state’s growing medical capacity.

He also disclosed that the West African College of Physicians had granted full accreditation to the Department of Community Medicine at the Yobe State University Teaching Hospital for postgraduate residency training, while the West

African College of Surgeons approved the Damaturu Specialist Hospital for postgraduate training of resident doctors in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

Buni said the achievements reflected the impact of the government’s investments and institutional reforms, adding that similar progress had been recorded across other sectors.

He commended the state’s civil servants for their courage, resilience and commitment, assuring that his administration would remain committed to policies and programmes that improve service delivery and the welfare of the people.

The governor also reminded the local government chairmen of their responsibility to the All Progressives Congress (APC), which provided them with the platform to contest and win the recent council elections urging them to reciprocate

the party’s confidence by working towards victory for its candidates in the 2027 general elections.
Those sworn in included Dr. Abubakar Kagu as Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Dauda Alh. Idi as Commissioner for Livestock Development, and Fatima Makintami as Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice.