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Government Area. Fellows were hosted by the Honourable Chairman, Engineer Suleiman Yahaya Richifa, and his council members. Soba, an LGA with over 300,000 people according to the 2006 census, is majorly an agrarian community with support from transport business. While sharing his experience as a two-term Chairman between 2004-2007 and returning in 2021, Engineer Richifa recalled holding state political appointments under previous administrations before he was invited by his people to contest for the chairmanship position on both occasions.   The Honourable Chairman briefed Fellows on his administration’s achievements of since he assumed office. Engineer Richifa stated that he focused on and has been successful in tackling security issues in Soba as the community was prone to land disputes and farmer/herder crisis. Noting the lack of education as the major trigger of insecurity, the Chairman said his administration also prioritised the education and had provided 15,000 exercise books to schools, 17,000 continuous assessment registers, 420 tables and chairs, as well as scholarships to 172 undergraduates who are indigenes. The Chairman stated that his administration also ensured the prompt payment of teachers’ salaries, rehabilitation of some primary schools in the Local Government Area. Engineer Richifa proudly noted the establishment of an ICT centre equipped with over 400 computers. In addition to utilising the ICT centre as JAMB and WAEC examination centres, the Chairman stated that young people would be trained on ICT skills which he believes would create employment opportunities for them.   To wrap up the tour, Fellows were shown some farm inputs such as bags of fertiliser and irrigation pumps which were to be sold to Soba farmers at subsidised rates. They also visited an ongoing project site for a block of two classrooms, and a teachers’ office.