Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has approved immediate commencement of direct payment of monthly statutory allocations to the accounts of the state’s 27 local government areas. The approval was announced by the acting governor, Alhaji Dr Umar Usman Kadafur, on Thursday after presiding over the swearing-in of 27 newly elected local government chairpersons. The acting governor stated: “You should be accessible to your people. Borno State, I dare you: Borno is the only state where local governments receive their allocationa directly. Other attendees were the member representing Jere, Engr Satomi Ahmad; the speaker of the Borno State House of Assembly, represented by the House leader, Dige Mohammed; the Secretary to the Borno State Government; the Head of Service, Dr Amini Muhammad Ghuluze and other senior government and party officials.