Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni ordered All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign directors on Wednesday to submit the names of graduates in their areas for possible employment, framing the move as a way to empower young people and replenish a civil service depleted by retirements.
Buni issued the directive during the inauguration of the APC’s 2027 Campaign Council in Damaturu.
He said about 10,000 civil servants retired in Yobe between 2019 and 2026, creating staffing gaps across the state workforce.
The Governor said the state had already decided to recruit 11,900 workers during the period to prevent a shortage of personnel.
Buni said Yobe remained grateful to the APC for siting development projects in the state and appointing its indigenes to strategic positions. He urged party members to remain loyal and campaign for APC candidates from the presidency to local offices.
“We thank God for the merger that ushered in the APC in 2015,” Buni said.
“You may recall that at some point in that administration, the Senate President, the Inspector-General of Police and the National Chairman of the party were all indigenes of Yobe.”
He told campaign directors and coordinators to seek votes respectfully and to include women and people with disabilities in party outreach.
Minister of Police Affairs and Chairman of the Yobe Council of APC Critical Stakeholders, Senator Ibrahim Geidam, inaugurated the council.
He praised Buni’s leadership and urged members to strengthen APC structures across the state’s 17 local government areas and 178 electoral wards.
Geidam told the council to engage communities, listen to voters’ concerns and communicate the party’s message with clarity.
He also urged members to campaign on facts and verifiable achievements, including the policies of President Bola Tinubu’s administration and Buni’s development initiatives in Yobe.
