The Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Muhammad has advised his counterparts from the North East to take advantage of the Oil and Gas Academy he established in the state to scale up human capital in strategic skills across their respective states.
Muhammad gave the advice while presenting his speech at the official opening ceremony of the Northeast Governors Forum meeting at the government house Bauchi on Friday, where he said his administration is carrying out the constitution of International Conference Center (ICC) which will open Bauchi and other states of the North East.
“In Bauchi State, we decided to establish the Bauchi Oil and Gas Academy; so that states of the North East should be able to take advantage of the school to substantially scale up their human capital, in strategic skills”, he said.
“The same goes for the International Conference Centre (ICC) component of our remodelled Government House. These facilities will always be open to our sister states and others”, Governor Mohammed added
While commending the Chairman of the North East Governor’s Forum, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State for steering the forum well, Bala Mohammed expressed optimism that the member states would always leverage beneficial policies and facilities of members.
Governor Bala further opined that the most potent weapons against insecurity are education and gainful employment.
Krestnews reports that members of the North East Governors include, Bala Muhammad of Bauchi, the Chairman of the forum, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno, Mai Mala Buni of Yobe, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe, Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State and Agbu Kefas of Taraba State, attended the meeting in Bauchi