By Sani Gazas Chinade, Damaturu
The Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State and National APC Caretaker Committee has approved additional N140 million to the Yobe Broadcasting Corporation (YBC) for the ongoing digitization project.
The Commissioner for Information, Home Affairs and Culture Alhaji Abdullahi Bego disclosed this in a statement issued in Damaturu, said the approval was necessary to expand the AM and FM services of the station to cover the 17 local government areas of the state.
He also said the state was currently constructing 2,350 houses across the 17 Local government of the state, added that the state government would be constructing modern markets in Damaturu, Potiskum, Gashu’a, and Nguru towns respectively.
Abdullahi Bego explained that more markets would be built in Garin Alkali and Buni Yadi towns to boost trade commerce, further announced that South Korea and Qatar had expressed interest in Yobe’s sesame.
”This means Yobe’s sesame is the best in the country and our farmers will begin to see their fortunes improve as Yobe seals these deals with South Korea and Qatar in the nearest future,” the commissioner said.
On plan to ‘rightsized‘ the civil service of the state, Bego said, Gov. Mala-Buni will not retrench civil servants, his government always taking care of any demand from the civil servant.