Zulum’s aides mark 53 birthday with 2022 performances verdict in Borno
By Njadvara MUSA, Maiduguri
The Media aides and social media associates of Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state; have marked his 53rd birthday with the 2022 performance verdict.
Unveiling the 3rd edition of Compendium, yesterday (Thursday), in Maiduguri, Adviser on Public Relations and Strategy to the Governor, Isa Gusau, stated that the verdict is a compendium of published news reports and analysis.
According to him, this year’s performance verdict comprises media features, editorials, columns, commentaries, and discourses among the general public.
“The 2022 Compendium verdict edition, authored by me; contains selected speeches and an update on the scorecards of Zulum’s administration in the last two years,” he said.
He added that the second verdict was unveiled by the Governor’s media aides and social media associates to mark Zulum’s 52nd birthday.
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Besides the mark of birthday, he said that the maiden Compendium has 300 pages with 17 thematic sections, comprising 336 published articles on Zulum’s activities from May 29, 2019, to May 29, 2020.
Highlighting the contents of the new Compendium, he said: “It has on its cover-page, a unique illustration replicated from a photograph that was taken at 9:21 am on Monday, August 9, 2021, when the Governor was invigilating an impromptu aptitude test he organized for teachers of a primary school in Baga town in Kukawa Local Council of the state.”
He noted that the significance of the cover-page illustration was discussed in the compendium’s editorial titled: “Our Cover Photo and the Crisis of Public School System.”
Gusau explained that the 3rd Verdict is a 290-page publication with 20 thematic sections, comprising the humanitarian; security news and discourse; transport; infrastructure and Energy; education; healthcare, and agriculture.
Other thematic sections of the verdict, he added: “Included Water Resources & Environment; Religion, Culture & Festivities; Budget, Economic Planning & Commerce; Civil Service, Vocations & Appointments; The First Lady & Women Affairs; Governance & Zulum’s ‘Unusual’ Approach.
“The Deputy Governor; Witnesses to Service Delivery; Politics; Awards, Tributes & Special Occasions; Foreign, Inter-Governmental & Development Partnerships; Some Sayings of Zulum; North East Governors Forum (NEGF); Newspaper Editorials and The Scorecard.”
He noted that the 20 thematic sections have a combination of 196 published articles by dozens of local and foreign news organizations.
He said that the articles are related to the various activities of Zulum in his third year as Governor in Borno state.
Besides the 196 published articles, the 3rd Verdict also contains selected speeches and updated records of projects, presidential commissioning, programs, and policies as of May 29, 2022.
On the importance of the Verdicts, he said: “The first, second, and 3rd Verdicts are aimed at preserving Governor Zulum’s legacies to provide access of future leaders to information about government policies and programs, and to research information.”
Such documentation, according to him, is important because; retrieving information about the activities of leaders tends to get more difficult, particularly when the digital foci are more on the newest information than older ones.
He, therefore, wishes the readers the most informed beneficiaries of the published three Compendiums to celebrate Zulum’s birthday across the country.
“Happy birthday to His Excellency, the outstanding governor of Borno State,” said Gusau.
