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Maiduguri, Nigeria — September 13, 2026
Borno State Governor Prof. Babagana Zulum on Sunday commissioned a nine-span flyover, a dualised 2.5-kilometre road with five kilometres of drainage, and two mega schools in Maiduguri, as part of his administration’s ongoing urban renewal and post-insurgency recovery programme.
The projects — the Post Office Nine-Span Flyover, the dualised Budum Tandari Junction–Kasuwan Shanu–NIETAL Shoe Factory Express Road and its drainage network, the Larawaram Community Senior Secondary School, and the Shehu Sanda Kyarimi I Primary and Junior Secondary School — are intended to ease traffic congestion, improve drainage, support economic activity, and expand access to education in the state capital. The new flyover brings to four the total number built under the Zulum administration.
Nasarawa State Governor Engr. Abdullahi Sule attended as special guest of honour and performed the ceremonial tape-cutting. Commending Zulum, Sule said he wished he had set aside his prepared remarks, saying what he had seen in Borno was “worth me actually standing here and talking for two hours” in praise of the state’s investments in education and infrastructure despite ongoing security challenges. He said the projects reflected “purposeful leadership” and a commitment to serving the people’s needs even amid adversity.
In his remarks, Zulum said the projects were designed not merely to beautify Maiduguri but to improve mobility, ease the movement of goods, and strengthen economic activity. He framed the investments against the scale of destruction wrought by the insurgency, particularly in the education sector, saying the crisis had destroyed more than 5,000 school structures and left an estimated 2.2 million children out of school at its peak, with fewer than 500,000 enrolled at the time. He noted that many teachers and school administrators had also lost their lives in the course of duty.
Zulum said his administration had built more than 120 mega schools across Borno State as part of its recovery efforts, alongside investments in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). He said the government had established five Vocational Enterprise Institutes, reactivated 11 Vocational Training Centres, and set up three Second Chance Skills Entrepreneurship Schools for women and girls to address disruptions to learning, livelihoods, and employment caused by the insurgency.
“The journey of rebuilding Borno continues, and our commitment remains unwavering: to ensure that every child has access to quality education and the opportunity to build a productive and dignified future,” Zulum said.
