By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna
The 2025 Trail Blazing multimedia campaign to celebrate Professor Babagana Umara Zulum’s brand and resounding achievements in Borno State’s post-insurgency phase has kicked off.
This year’s tradition shall showcase some of the additional 144 capital-intensive projects delivered by Zulum and his team between May 29, 2024 and May 28, 2025, said Zulum’s media aide Abdurraman Bundi in a statement.
The statement added that ‘It is heart-warming to note that with this new milestone, Zulum has, in his Six Years in Office as the Executive Governor of Borno State, delivered a total of 1,339 capital-intensive projects across the state’s 27 local government areas”.
We shall “insha’Allah” start syndicating this year’s multimedia campaign from tomorrow Monday, June 16, 2025, to June 22, 2025. Let’s us ALL compete in Trail Blazing Zulum’s Sixth Year in Grand Style!”, it stated.
It noted that Some of Zulum’s Sixth Year milestone comprise 21 Educational and 16 Healthcare mega projects. “It also includes the procurement and distribution of over 1,000 assorted vehicles and motorcycles, and various security gadgets, equipment and logistics for security outfits”.
“There are also over 3,000 new resettlement houses; 3,000 temporary shelters; and 300 renovated houses destroyed by the Boko Haram/ISWAP insurgents. Similarly, over 9,000 IDPs were repatriated and resettled from the Republics of Niger and Chad.
“Further, Zulum’s Sixth Year milestone projects include 27 Infrastructural, Transport, and Energy sector projects; 21 Water Resources and Environmental projects, 24 Agricultural, Livestock and Fisheries projects, among several others.
“So, why should you Trail Blaze Zulum in such a Grand Style? Apart from the 1,339 people-centred impactful projects that Zulum has executed in the past Six Years in office, he has received global and national recognition for his outstanding performance.
“These includes the German international NGO Iconic Award 2025, Forbes Magazine African Leadership Award 2024, Education-Friendly Governor 2024 Award by the Nigeria Union of Teachers, 2024 Environmental Excellence Award by the Nigerian Environmental Society, New Telegraph’s Governor of the Year 2024, African Governor of the Year Award 2023 (Education and People Development Category) and the Exemplary Leadership Award 2023 by Naija Diaspora Magazine”, it stated.
He also received Nigeria’s national honour as Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) in 2022, and the Republic of Niger’s Second Order of National Honour, ‘de Grand Officer Dans I`Ordre’ in 2021, which is an equivalent of the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) in Nigeria’s national honours ranking.
Zulum is a star and trail blazer worth celebrating. Let’s make him shine, once again, as he consolidates on his achievements.
These and mamy more are contained in a statement supplied ny Abdurrahman Ahmed Bundi, the Senior Technical Assistant to Governor Zulum on Print and Digital Communications.
In same vain, in the last year, from May 29, 2024, to May 28, 2025, Zulum has delivered 21 capital-intensive projects in the education sector. Some of these projects include the construction of 6 new mega schools, the disbursement of nearly N11 billion in foreign and local scholarships, rehabilitation of dilapidated classrooms and the construction of new ones, and procurement of sports and teaching facilities.
Similarly, Borno state Governor Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has since May 2019 prioritized Healthcare delivery. Zulum has undertaken several projects in the health sector: #Zulum1339CapitalProjects
