Hoodlums have vandalised the building of the National Board for Technology Incubation in Zamfara state.
The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the hoodlums took advantage of celebrations trailing the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party during the governorship election in the state to wreck their havoc.
NBTI member in charge of north west, Muhammad Jazuli, confirmed the incident on Wednesday at a briefing in Gusau, the state capital, after inspecting the level of damage on the building.
He said properties and government investments “worth over one billion naira” were destroyed as a result of the damage.
He said, “You know that the centre was established in 1999 by the federal government and all the government investment in this centre in the past 23 years worth over N1 billion have been vandalised by hoodlums.
“This is very unfortunate, this is something very terrible because not only government property was involved, even private property belonging to entrepreneurs that came to invest here were destroyed.
“Most of our entrepreneurs or investors secured loans from banks to procure the equipment. Even doors and windows of this office were removed, all our furniture and everything here was taken away. As you can see, we don’t have even a single chair in this centre, I cannot understand this madness.”
Jazuli, therefore, called on security agencies in the state to investigate the matter and ensure the masterminds are brought to book, even as he appealed to the state and federal governments to intervene and restore the centre’s capacity and functionality.
