Zulum offer automatic employment for 15 Physically Challenged Persons

AHMED MARI, Maiduguri

Governor Babagana Zulum, of Borno state has offered automatic employment to 15 people with disability who have undergone formal educational system and obtained bachelor’s degree certificates, NCEs, diplomas and vocational training certificates.

Governmor Babagana Zulum who ordered for the automatic employment when the Association of the people with disability paid him a courtesy call at the Government House, Maidugurii said yesterday “I am delighted to note that despite your disability, you people are not lazy; you decided to pursue your education, and for this, I want to commend you,”

“I directed the Commissioner of Education to process your application for employment for my approval immediately. Therefore, I want to bring to your kind notice that you should be on the payroll of Borno State Government effective 1st May, 2024, Insha Allah, Zulum added.

He also directed the commissioner of education, Engr Lawan Abba Wakilbe, to review the activities of all the blind schools in Borno State in order to train more people with disability and to work out modalities for introducing the teaching of special education courses at the College of Education in Bama.

“I am happy that they have obtained their qualifications in different specialisations. Let’s strengthen the College of Education in Bama to start delivering courses on special education,” Zulum ordered.

Earlier in his address, Borno State Branch Chairman of the Nigerian Association of the Blind, Mohammed Mustapha, expressed gratitude to Governor Zulum for approving employment for his members.