GOVERNOR IBRAHIM DANKWAMBO OF GOMBE STATE
BEVERLY HILLS, CA, December 05, (THEWILL) – The governors of the six states of the Northeast geo-political zone on Thursday restated their commitment to bringing the zone out of the woods of economic under-development.
Rising from the second Northeast economic summit which ended in Gombe, the Gombe State capital, the governors of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe States, resolved to move the region believed to be the most underdeveloped in the country out of the woods.
Maintaining that they were set to vigorously implement the resolutions of the first and second Northeast economic summits, the governors, through their spokesperson and host, Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State, expressed commitment to actions that would move the zone forward.
Dankwambo said they have mandated the planning committee for the second summit to draw up an action plan that would guide the governors in implementing the recommendations within eight weeks .
“We the governors of the Northeast region, consisting of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe States hereby accept all the recommendations. The governors have mandated the organising committee of the summit to work out a detailed implementation plan, including the production of an action plan and submit their report to the governors within eight weeks,” Dankwambo said.
He said from next year, the six governors would be meeting on quarterly basis with key stakeholders to cement the implementation process.
“What we are committed to now is action and we assure our citizens that we will do our best to implement the resolutions, so as to revamp our region,” he said as they expressed gratitude to President Goodluck Jonathan, who personally declare the summit open and identified with the needs of the geo-political zone .
The summit’s planning committee chairman, Alhaji Kabiru Ahmed, in his contribution, urged the region to take advantage of Nigeria’s Central Bank’s financial inclusion strategy and upgrade current investment promotion agencies, in line with the theme of the summit, “accelerating economic development, for sustainable development.”’
According to him, “The Central bank has developed a very comprehensive financial improvement strategy. We should key into that. We must take advantage. The funds are available. We need to upgrade our investment promotion agencies. Most of the ones we have are largely property companies. We need to partner with the private sector; but beyond that, we need to establish an enabling environment for investment promotion.”
The governors, among others, also agreed on the need for greater coordination, collaboration and integration across the region; the need for an economic transformation that leads to job creation; the delivery of vital policies and services by governments for sustainable development and the urgency for the region to focus on accelerating progress on the millennium development goals.
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