Damaturu, Yobe state – Mai Mala Buni, the governor of Yobe state, has been elected as the new chairman of the Lake Chad Basin Governors Forum.
As reported by The Nation on Friday, January 31, 2025, Buni assumed leadership of the forum during the 5th Meeting of the Lake Chad Governors Forum, where he was entrusted with the role till 2027.
In his acceptance speech, Governor Buni expressed gratitude to his colleagues and delegates for electing him. He pledged to collaborate closely with development partners and other stakeholders to achieve substantial results.
The Yobe governor said:
Furthermore, Buni specifically expressed gratitude to the outgoing chairperson, Ildjima Abdraman, governor of Hadjer Lamis province in Chad. He also paid tribute to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria.
He said:
The Chad Basin is the largest endorheic basin in Africa, centred approximately on Lake Chad.
It has no outlet to the sea and contains large areas of semi-arid desert and savanna.
The drainage basin is approximately coterminous with the sedimentary basin of the same name but extends further to the northeast and east.
Lake Chad is a vast area of fresh water located in the middle of sand dunes which covers territories in four countries: Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad.
Since 2016, the quartet have been affected by insurgency (particularly the scourge of Boko Haram) and has had to address insecurity through both military and non-military strategies.
Earlier, TimesNow.com.ng reported that President Tinubu congratulated Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu, on her election as the President of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC).
According to a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu’s special adviser on information and strategy, the president underscored “the historic significance” of Shinkafi-Bagudu’s election.
The wife of Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, minister of budget and economic planning and former first lady of Kebbi state, was elected as the first African and the fifth woman to lead the global cancer control organisation.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
