Sani Wilson Enemona

Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has won the Year 2020 Community Pillar Award organised by the Community Development Institute (CDI) of Nigeria for the proactive steps in tackling insecurity and insurgency in the state.

The institute’s Executive Director/Registrar, Ogara Andrew, in a statement in Abuja disclosed that the objective of the award was to promote leadership, creativity, and innovation in addressing community and social development challenges in the country.

“Governor Babagana Zulum has been able to foster a workable community engagement method that does not only put people first but respects and reflects the priorities of his people an important factor that made him deserving of this award.

“His wish above all is to restore normalcy in the state, rebuild devastated homes, and return hundreds of thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to their communities to restart their means of livelihood and continue with their regular social life”, the statement said.