Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has presented the state’s ,10 -year development plan, christened , DEVAGOM, to finance minister, Zainab Ahmed
The Governor was accompanied by the Gombe State Commissioner of Finance and Economic Development, Muhammad Gambo Magaji.
During the presentation of copies of DEVAGOM, which contains the ambitious plan of the Gov Yahaya’s administration, loaded in socio-economic aspirations and broad in clear objectives of the APC-led government in Gombe State, discussions were also held on matters of national interest.
DEVAGOM is a fitting answer to the remodeling of the state’s pathway towards a realistic and consistent socio-economic development paradigm, properly articulated as a long term visioning and planning that draws on the findings of the 2019 Needs Assessment Report commissioned by Governor Yahaya immediately he was declared governor-elect.
The Governor is optimistic that the Hon. Minister of Finance will find the document interesting as it mirrors the essentials of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the basic categories as index of development, which incidentally also has same year (2030)as expiration date for relevant assessment and reflections on the inherent aspirations and deliverables.
According to the ‘foreword’ to the document by Governor Inuwa Yahaya, “ The Gombe State Development Plan, with a vision of growth, development, peace and prosperity for all, maps out the way forward for Gombe State and its people to realize their full potentials.