Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum’s media aides, alongside social media associates, have released the ‘6th Verdict’ to commemorate his 56th birthday on Monday, 25 August 2025.
The ‘6th Verdict’ is a compendium of published news reports and analysis, features, columns, commentaries, discourses, editorials, selected speeches, and an updated scorecard for the sixth year of Governor Zulum’s administration, from May 29, 2024, to May 29, 2025.
The Deputy Governor, Umar Usman Kadafur, performed the unveiling at his council chamber in Maiduguri.
The latest compendium is the sixth in the series, with the first, “First Verdict,” launched in August 2020.
The compendium was initiated by Zulum’s late spokesperson, Malam Isa Gusau, who assembled a team to work all year round for the compilation. The team collates and compiles published news and media discourses, policies, and programmes during the tenure of Professor Babagana Umara Zulum to document history and the process of governance.
The 6th verdict, which is a 260-page document, has 21 sections and a scorecard showcasing the achievements of Governor Zulum in his sixth year in office.
The education section contains 12 news stories and 1 analysis showcasing Zulum’s educational reforms in terms of establishing new schools and housing, scholarships, increasing school enrolment and collaborations.
The healthcare-related section has 4 news articles on critical interventions by the Zulum administration on primary healthcare, medical workers’ welfare, human capital development, and healthcare management.
27 news articles and 1 news commentary chronicled Prof Umara Zulum’s intervention in terms of security operations and patrol vehicles, logistics, welfare, and collaboration to tackle resurgence and build resilience.
Two newspaper editorials from different news media highlight some of Zulum’s policies and projects.
The 6th verdict also comprises sectors showcasing Zulum’s activities in Resettlement and reconstruction, Agriculture, Water Resources and environment, Transport, Infrastructure and energy, Religion, Culture, Festivities and special Moments, Budget, economic planning and commerce, The Workforce (Appointments, Civil Service and vocations), and The First Lady and women Affairs.
Other publications are Governance & Zulum’s ‘Unusual’ Approach, The Deputy Governor, Witness to Service Delivery, Politics, Honours, Tributes & Special Occasions, Foreign, Inter-Governmental & Partnership, Maiduguri Flood Disaster 2024, North-East Governors’ Forum (NEGF) and Some Sayings of Zulum.
The occasion was attended by the Acting Chief of Staff, who is also the publisher of the compendium, the Commissioners of Works and Housing, Engr Mustapha Gubio and that of Women Affairs, Hajjiya Zuwaira Gambo, and the Deputy Chief of Staff, Alhaji Haruna Tela.
Present at the event were the Special Adviser on Livestock Development, Alhaji Tijjani Goni, Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Borno State, Abdulkarim Haruna, and many senior government officials.
