Abuja – January 2, 2024 – Viewpoint Housing News.
The Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute (NBRRI), Engr. Prof. Samson Duna, along with NBRRI’s North-East Zonal Coordinator, Mr. Baba Yerima, paid a courtesy visit to the Executive Governor of Gombe State, His Excellency, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, on Friday, December 30, 2023, Prof. Duna, who was warmly welcomed by the governor, and deputy governor, Dr. Manassah Daniel Jatau, and the secretary to the state government, Prof. Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi, expressed gratitude to the state for its wonderful hospitality in hosting the North-East Zonal Office of NBRRI.
Prof. Duna expressed the gratitude of the institute’s staff in the state for the hospitality extended to them by the state’s indigenous people. He then pleaded with the governor not to relent in extending the dividends of democracy to every area of the state.
Similar to the well-known “Oliver Twist,” Prof. Duna asked for an extension of the plots of land in order to accommodate more structures and increase the impact of NBRRI in the zone and state in particular, after praising the Governor for approving a permanent cite to build the NBRRI Zonal Office, construction of which is currently underway.
In appreciation to the visit, His. Excellency, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya expressed satisfaction on the great achievements recorded so far by NBRRI in the country. He also applauded Prof. Duna for his great wisdom and contributions to humanity and stated that the state is deeply happy with Prof. Duna’s achievements as a son of the soil. Governor Yahaya encouraged him not to relent and that the sky shall be his limit and that as a son of Gombe, nothing shall thwart his efforts for progress.
Finally, the Governor gave an express approval for the land expansion of NBRRI’s permanent site in the state as he instructed Dr. Kabir Usman Hassan, the Director, Gombe Geographic Information System (GoGIS) to as a matter of urgency go and inspect the site and approve the expansion of the land.
