Mohammed Danjuma

After 8 months of implementation, We have successfully completed and handed over this project to Borno state government.
The government of Japan through UNOPS built 2 oxygen plants and also supplied 21 solar refrigerators for vaccine storage in its contribution towards strengthening Health systems in hard to reach areas of Borno State .
These interventions will go a long way in saving many lives in Northeast Nigeria.

With officials of YBSG after the launch of the Yobe Education Appeal Fund

I was part of a delegation of outstanding entrepreneurs and notable business executives alongside Dr Oluwatayo Fashogbon , Prof Francisco Bassey, Mrs Dianna Mary, Mr Olatunji David, Ms. Anita Uzo, Alhaji Dangi Mustapha among others to Discuss with H.E The Vice President of Nigeria Prof Yemi Osinbajo, the President’s Commitment to creating a conducive and enabling business environment in the country including the ease of business.

The Vice President welcomed our commendations and further assured us of working together towards realising the tremendous opportunities while maximizing the potentials of our dear Nation.

With my Coordinators and the Task team lead for the Northeast Nigeria multisectoral crisis recovery project (MCRP) at the project implementation preparedness workshop

I attended the unveiling of the mega rice paddy pyramids in abuja, it is a clear testimony of what we can achieve if we commit ourselves to doing it. We can turn potentials into real and tangible results.

📷 18th January 2022

Success is a product of hard work and committed dedication to your set goals, my friend and brother His Excellency Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum exemplifies that selfless dedication to service to his people, such that I have not seen in anyone else. We will continue to support him to serve humanity the best way we can.

The Center of gravity for the development of every society lies in the quality of its youth, the quality of its youth is also directly hinged on the quality and commitment of three critical institutions in every society;

1. The Family and parents that produce and nurture these young ones to the personalities they eventually become.

2. Educational institutions where these young ones get educated and skilled in their journey towards adulthood.

3. The government and its leadership at various levels that formulate policies and laws that ensures the enabling environment for the youth to be productively empowered in the society.

All three must work at optimum equilibrium for the youth in any society to exist as a productive component of the society that drives the development of that society peacefully towards prosperity.

We must all work collectively towards getting our 13 million out of school children off the streets and into classrooms either formal, religious or both.
We must replace the begging bowl with a book, a slate or even a tablet in a befitting environment that enables learning devoid of any want that may force them into the streets.
These learning spaces must be equipped with the requisite tools that will not only shape their personalities into upright and patriotic citizens, it should also churn out young men equipped with the skills to eke a meaningful living for themselves as responsible members of the society.
Utopian this may seem, but is this attainable? By all means YES! With proposer planning, commitment, sacrifice and the right legislations in place we can turn the tide around and rewrite the sad story of the Almajiri from being abandoned by the society into one of exemplary success.

This was my message to the leading Islamic clerics I brought together to discuss and brainstorm on a sustainable solution to the plight of the Almajiri child roaming the streets or Northern Nigeria.

Investing heavily in education is the most sustainable and long term solution to most of the social problems bedeviling us today as a nation especially in Northern Nigeria.
This we can do as individuals and as institutions tasked with this important responsibility. The center of gravity of any change lies not only with the government but also with the civil space…meet the champions of my little effort towards stimulating learning among young children in Kebbi State

Throwback to when I was invited to speak about our work in North East Nigeria at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last year. A veritable platform where every state of the art technology for social development is showcased annually.

It is an exciting event because it provided a platform to discuss how people trapped in or fleeing conflict need access to basic services, infrastructure and improved social cohesion and how the use of technology makes it possible to deliver these life saving services.

Attending the World Bank virtual launch on the economic development of the lake Chad region

The Lake Chad region, an economically and socially integrated area in West and Central Africa straddling Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria, is confronted with an interplay of multidimensional development challenges that have resulted in low economic growth, limited opportunities, and fragility.

Poverty rates, economic growth, and other core socioeconomic indicators in the lake basin trail behind compared with the rest of the respective countries.

This stagnation is perpetuated by the negative feedback loops between “3Ds and 2Cs”: that is, the low density, long distances, and profound social, cultural, and ethnic divisions that characterize the economic geography of the region; and climate change and conflict that exacerbate such development challenges.

The Regional Economic Memorandum calls for a multisectoral approach that generates a “big push,” strong enough to revert this self-reinforcing cycle that has kept the Lake Chad region in a suboptimal equilibrium.
The memorandum also highlights four cross-cutting policy areas as pathways for growth—namely, trade facilitation, connective infrastructure, effective governance, and improved natural resource management.