By Yakubu Uba
Most senior officials overseeing the affairs of six of the local government areas in Borno were absent when Gov. Babagana Zulum conducted roll calls during an unscheduled visit to their secretariats.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the affected local governments are: Chibok, Konduga, Bama, Askira/Uba, Damboa and Gwoza.
At Gwoza, the newly constructed council secretariat was under lock and key.
The governor’s spokesman, Mallam Isa Gusau, said that those absent during the governor’s just concluded three days’ monitoring tour of projects and quality of governance at the grassroots comprised secretaries, heads of department, directors and other top-ranking officials.
Gusau in a statement he issued on Friday said, “None of the heads of department was around, neither the Secretary nor the other principal officers reported for duty.
“Look at the Secretariat; termites all over, an indication that nobody is operating in the Secretariat….
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
