By Ismail Mudashir
Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima and his Adamawa State counterpart, Muhammed Umaru Jibrilla yesterday led leaders from the North east on a visit to the National Assembly over passage of the North East Development Commission Bill.
The delegation also include, Emirs of Askira, Mubi, Fika, Gujiba and Shehu of Bama as well as former governors, ministers, senators and elder statesmen.
Speaking on behalf of the six governors of the region, Shettima said the destruction in the six states of the North East was $9.6billion.
He said “Our coming here is a non-partisan, non religion, non tribal. In the northeast alone, destruction worth $9.6 billion were inflicted on us from Borno, Adamawa, Yobe, Gombe, Taraba and Bauchi. Just to give you simple statistics; in Borno, we suffered destruction worth $6.7 billion”.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara said said the ruins in the North-east will come to glory.
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