President-elect, Gen Muhammadu Buhari says he will resume vigorous search for
oil along the Chad Basin in parts of Borno State and other parts of the
Northeast region once he is sworn in as President come May 29th.
According to KSM news, Buhari said this while receiving
Borno state Governor Kashim Shettima and Traditional Rulers and Elders
from Borno state who came to Kaduna to pay him a congratulatory visit on
Sunday April 19th. More pics after the cut...
KSM news reports (the official news agency for Borno governor) that Gen Buhari in his
address to the people promised to work to restore peace in the Northeast
region by according top priority to ending the activities of Boko
Haram.
He promised to work in collaboration with the government of Chad,
Cameroon and Niger to curtail the trans border movement of Boko Haram
insurgents, cut supply of arms as well as cut the recruitment and
training of fresh recruits.
On Agriculture, the president-elect said the receding of Lake Chad will be addressed through the transfer of water from the Central African Republic to the lake to boost its commercial activities for fishing and irrigation farming.
He recalled that he once read a document raising fears about receding of the Lake Chad which he handed over to former President Olusegun Obasanjo but now that he would be coming as President, he will handle the matter.
On Agriculture, the president-elect said the receding of Lake Chad will be addressed through the transfer of water from the Central African Republic to the lake to boost its commercial activities for fishing and irrigation farming.
He recalled that he once read a document raising fears about receding of the Lake Chad which he handed over to former President Olusegun Obasanjo but now that he would be coming as President, he will handle the matter.
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