Borno State declared Safe for upcoming Elections as Zulum Babagana encourages Indigenes to get ready to come out to Vote

Zulum, on Friday, assured that there would be no cause for alarm conducting the upcoming general elections in the state as the security situation has already improved to 90% stability.

Professor Zulum, who gave this assurance while speaking to State House Correspondents after meeting with the President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, also gave a progress report on the rehabilitation and resettlement process for the internally displaced persons (IDP) in the state.

Speaking to correspondents on the security situation in his state, Zulum said though there is no place without some level of security challenge, Borno State government had received support from the federal government and the military, adding that much progress had been made at restoring the state to its former peaceful state.

When asked if the people of the state would be able to participate in the upcoming election, Zulum said “people of Borno State voted during the 2015 elections. They have also voted during the 2019 elections. Can you compare the security situation in 2019, 2011 and now? The security in Borno has improved tremendously by over 90%. So we don’t have any problem. “Eligible voters can go and cast their votes on Election Day, Insha Allah, in Borno State, we don’t have any problem”, he said. Going forward, he said the plan of his government in the New Year would entail seeing “how we can sustain what we are doing. So far, so good in terms of security, the federal government has done well; the military has also done very well.