IN PICTURE: Gombe Gov Pays Courtesy Visit To Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning

L-R: Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed and Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya

Earlier yesterday, 22nd Dec 2021,  Gombe state Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya visited the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning at her office in Abuja.  

A statement as obtained by our medium through Gombe state Govt House Spokesperson, Ismaila Uba Misilli confirmed this development.

The Governor was accompanied by the Gombe State Commissioner of Finance and Economic Development,  Muhammad Gambo Magaji. 

Apart from discussing matters of national interest,  Governor Inuwa used the opportunity to present to the Minister,  copies of Gombe State 10-year development plan which is a document that encapsulate an ambitious plan, loaded in socio-economic aspirations and broad in clear objectives of the APC-led administration in Gombe State.  

The 10-year development,  also known as Development Agenda for Gombe State ( DEVAGOM) is a fitting answer to the remodeling of the state’s pathway towards a realistic and consistent socio-economic development paradigm, properly articulated as a long term visioning and planning that draws on the findings of the 2019 Needs Assessment Report commissioned by Governor Yahaya immediately he was declared governor-elect. 

Governor Yahaya hopes that the Hon. Minister of Finance will find the document interesting as it mirrors the essentials of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the basic categories as index of development, which incidentally also has same year (2030)as expiration date for relevant assessment and reflections on the inherent aspirations and deliverables. 

As stated in the foreword to the document by Governor Inuwa Yahaya, “ The Gombe State Development Plan, with a vision of growth, development, peace and prosperity for all, maps out the way forward for Gombe State and its people to realize their full potentials.