Administration Administratively, the Hon. House is headed by the Clerk of the House, a position equivalent to Permanent Secretary in the State Civil Service. The Clerk is assisted by the Deputy Clerk of the House {Ministerial Secretary’s equivalent} with 7 other coordinating Directorates. The Directorates includes Administration and Supplies; Legislative Processing; Legal Service; Finance and…

A statutory body known as the Borno State House of Assembly Service Commission was established pursuant to Assembly Service Commission Law, 2005 {also amendment in 2011}. The Commission is headed by a Chairman with three {3} Permanent Commissioners, two ex-officio and a Secretary. The Commission is responsible for the recruitment, training, discipline of the staff…

Members of the Borno House of Assembly, 2021 Legislative power in the State lies with the Borno State House of Assembly composed of elected Constituency Members and assisted by Support Staff. The Borno State House of Assembly has members who are elected for tenure of 4 years to represent the various State constituencies. The State House…

Senators representing Borno State at the Senate, National Assembly, Abuja 2019 Hon. Kashim Shettima SENATOR, BORNO CENTRAL Abubakar Kyari SENATOR, BORNO NORTH Mohammed Ali Ndume SENATOR, BORNO SOUTH 2015-2019 Baba Kaka Bashir Garbai BORNO CENTRAL (2015-2019) Abubakar Kyari BORNO NORTH (2015-2019) Mohammed Ali Ndume BORNO SOUTH (2015-2019) 2011-2015 Ahmed Zanna BORNO CENTRAL (2011-2015) Maina Maaji…

The Kanuris constitute the largest ethnic group in Borno while other ethnic groups in the state are Shuwa Arabs, the Budum of Lake Chad, the Mandara and Kotoko who live in the southeastern part of the State, the Margi of Damboa district, the Babur in the hills and the fulani, Chibok, Ngosge, Guduf, Tera, Waha,…

Tourism in Borno state is based primarily on its natural resources, impressive history, rich traditions and cultural heritage of the people. In the state are found sceneries of poetic beauty in the hilly south and historic monuments representing the past grandeur of Kanem Bornu Empire in the north. The state which is described as the…

Borno State is located within the Lake Chad plains to the Biu plateau which is fertile for agricultural activities. Agriculture has been the main pre-occupation of its people as over 80% of the population is engaged in crop cultivation, animal husbandry and fishing. The state has over 10,555,000 hectares of cultivable land suitable for the…

People have been living in the Chad Basin Area even before the empire of Kanem Borno was founded in the 9th century. The Basin, which stretches from Tibesti Mountain in the north, the Mandara Mountains in the south, from the ancient town of Air in the west to Ennedi in the east, has an area…

With a rich but diverse historical and cultural heritage, Borno State is pluralistic in ethnic composition. About thirty languages are considered autonomous languages; those whose speakers have either lived for a long time in the state or those who live permanently or even exclusively or who have majority of their speakers now outside the state.…

Borno State is divided into Emirates viz: Borno, Dikwa, Biu, Askira, Gwoza, Uba and Shani. The Emirates are headed by a Shehu and Emirs respectively while the Borno State Council of Emirs is headed by His Royal Highness, the Shehu of Borno. Borno Borno is a state in Nigeria. It’s one of the six states…