The Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, on Friday, revealed that poverty and illiteracy as some of the factors responsible for insurgency in the country.
Zulum made this revelation in Abuja, at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Nasarawa State Government and Flour Mills Nigeria (FMN).
The MoU by the two parties was for the establishment of a sugar company in Toto Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.
In his goodwill message to Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, Zulum said the governor should insist that majority of workers at the company must be indigenes of the state.
He said that the establishment of the company would create jobs and stimulate the economy that would support the state and the nation.
Zulum added that under no circumstances should the governor allow the FMN to recruit people contrary to the terms of agreement, noting that the company’s failure to partner with the indigenes could trigger the kind of security challenges occurring in other parts of the country to be witnessed in Nasarawa.
He disclosed that his State would also partner with the FMN soon on an investment opportunity for the overall development of the state.
