{"id":173535,"date":"2025-08-11T22:01:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T21:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/gov-zulum-pledges-support-for-wounded-soldiers-families"},"modified":"2025-08-11T23:13:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T22:13:15","slug":"gov-zulum-pledges-support-for-wounded-soldiers-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-zulum-pledges-support-for-wounded-soldiers-families","title":{"rendered":"Gov Zulum Pledges Support for Wounded Soldiers Families"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has reaffirmed his administration\u2019s commitment to supporting wounded soldiers and the families of military and police personnel who lost their lives in counter-insurgency operations.<\/p>\n<p>Zulum made the pledge on Monday when he received the President of the Defence and Police Officers\u2019 Wives Association, DEPOWA, Mrs Lilian Christopher Musa, at the Government House, Maiduguri.<\/p>\n<p>The governor said his administration would continue to partner with the association to provide assistance to injured personnel, widows, and orphans of deceased officers. He also noted the challenges faced by troops in duty stations and stressed the need for opportunities for personnel to reunite with their families.<\/p>\n<p>Zulum commended the military for their sacrifices in restoring stability in the North-East and assured them of continued government support.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Mrs Musa briefed the governor on the \u201cThank You Troops\u201d campaign, an initiative aimed at honouring the sacrifices of frontline soldiers and providing support to their families. She also praised the state government\u2019s assistance to widows, orphans, and other dependents of fallen personnel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has reaffirmed his administration\u2019s commitment to supporting wounded soldiers and the families of military and police personnel who lost their lives in counter-insurgency operations. Zulum made the pledge on Monday when he received the President of the Defence and Police Officers\u2019 Wives Association, DEPOWA, Mrs Lilian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":173534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254,1773],"class_list":["post-173535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria","tag-zulum"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gov Zulum Pledges Support for Wounded Soldiers Families - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has reaffirmed his administration\u2019s commitment to supporting wounded soldier ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-zulum-pledges-support-for-wounded-soldiers-families\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gov Zulum Pledges Support for Wounded Soldiers Families\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has reaffirmed his administration\u2019s commitment to supporting wounded soldier ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-zulum-pledges-support-for-wounded-soldiers-families\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-11T21:01:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-11T22:13:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754937949.183281.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"786\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-zulum-pledges-support-for-wounded-soldiers-families#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-zulum-pledges-support-for-wounded-soldiers-families\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Gov Zulum Pledges Support for Wounded Soldiers Families\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-11T21:01:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-11T22:13:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-zulum-pledges-support-for-wounded-soldiers-families\"},\"wordCount\":193,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-zulum-pledges-support-for-wounded-soldiers-families#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754937949.183281.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\",\"Zulum\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-zulum-pledges-support-for-wounded-soldiers-families#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-zulum-pledges-support-for-wounded-soldiers-families\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-zulum-pledges-support-for-wounded-soldiers-families\",\"name\":\"Gov Zulum Pledges Support for Wounded Soldiers Families - 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