By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri –
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has commended the doggedness and untiring efforts of the founder and president of the Al-Ansar foundation Dr.Mohammad Kyari Dikwa for chosen the path of investment in his home state inspite of the lingering security challenges in the state.
The Governor who was represented by his Deputy, Umar Usman Kadafur stated this during the official launching of Al-ansar security service and commissioning of its corporate headquarter in Maiduguri.
It will be recalled that the Governor had early last year performed similar functions of commissioning the Al Ansar FM Radio Station and online TV platform alongside formal groundbreaking of construction of permanent site of the first private university in the state, Al Ansar University Maiduguri.
They were hallmark projects executed by the Al Ansar Foundation which include Al-Ansar Radio, Al-Ansar Academy and Al Ansar Tafiz Quran among others.
The governor said the decision to established private security outfit will no doubt be beneficial to the citizenry and the state, adding that it is going to provide job opportunity to the teeming unemployed youths especially at this critical time of resettlement of displaced communities
He however reiterated that government is ever ready to provide the enabling environment to ensure the smooth take off of the private security outfit or any other similar initiative that would provide job opportunities and boost the recovery effort of the state.
