Yobe State government has disbursed N2,706,931 for execution of eight projects aimed at improving the living condition of the people.

Commissioner for Information and Culture, Wakil Ahmed Sarki, disclosed this after the third Executive Council meeting at Government House, Damaturu.

He explained that N2,621,600 had been approved by the council for this year's Hajj exercise, while N72,250,000 million was earmarked for the purchase of 10 units of Toyota 18-seater buses for Yobe Line Transport Services through soft loan.

Sarki also said the Council had approved the reconstruction of 86 offices including that of the SSG and Head of Service offices, which contract was awarded to Yusufana Nigeria Limited at the cost of N491,648,000.

He said that in the government's effort to diversify its revenue base N1 billion had been approved for the construction of one-storey building in Abuja, which would be completed in 14 weeks, while N80,850,00 would be used to improve infrastructure at Geidam Polytechnic. The commissioner also said the government would source N900 million from Federal Mortgage Bank for the construction of houses to civil servants and Nguru-Machina road project.

Meanwhile, U.S. is to partner Yobe State government to develop some sectors of its economy and thus improve the living conditions of the people.

U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mrs. Robin Renee Sanders, disclosed this when she visited Governor Ibrahim Gaidam in the Government House, recently.

She said, "I have come to Yobe State for the first time; I have to share with you the need to enhance development in education and health and look for way to maximize the cooperation between U.S. government and Yobe State government, particularly in education. I have been in Nigeria for almost 18 months and this is my first visit to Yobe State, am! Thank you for receiving me this afternoon."

Responding, Gaidam said, "Today, I am expressing the most sincere feeling of all the people of the state; it is a matter of great honour and privilege to have in our midst her Excellency, the Ambassador of the United States of America to Nigeria, let me state from the beginning that this feeling of honour and privilege, is the greatest and most developed democracy in the world today, as you know, we the people of Nigeria are making concerted efforts to entrench democracy. Democracy is now a universal human value which all nations are aspiring to attain. Secondly, your visit is important to us because we appreciate the way and manner the current U.S. President, Barrack Obama, is making concerted effort to launch a new global order through dialogue based on mutual interest and respect to usher a greater global peace and partnership.