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Promised state support for community-based security efforts against the Boko Haram insurgency.

Solely funded roughly 20,000 Civilian Joint Task Force fighters for six years, covering salaries, kits and patrol vehicles, and mobilised community-based intelligence gathering alongside logistics support for the military.

Promised to rebuild religious and community infrastructure destroyed by the insurgency in Christian-majority Southern Borno.

Rebuilt all the churches that Boko Haram destroyed in Southern Borno during the tenure.

Promised temporary accommodation, rehabilitation and eventual resettlement for Borno's large internally displaced population.

Coordinated and led IDP temporary accommodation and rehabilitation efforts, but the scale of displacement from the insurgency meant a large IDP population remained in camps at the end of the tenure.

Promised continued infrastructure delivery and job creation despite the security crisis.

Completed the Lagos Street road easing traffic to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, and created jobs for hundreds of young men and women as street cleaners through the Borno State Environmental Protection Agency.

Campaigned on accountable management of state resources, including the large sums received for reconstruction and IDP support.

Petitions to the EFCC alleged over ₦600 billion accrued to Borno State since June 2011 with no significant projects to show for it, and separately that Shettima misdirected funds and donations meant for displaced persons' welfare; eight of his 22 commissioners were invited for questioning over the allegations.

Shettima's administration prioritised post-insurgency reconstruction: roads, flyovers, urban renewal in Borno.

Shettima's administration built 300+ km of roads, constructed Maiduguri Flyover (first in Borno), dualised Maiduguri township roads, constructed rural roads across 27 LGAs. Maiduguri Flyover (first in Borno) commissioned. Rural roads across 27 LGAs. Post-insurgency reconstruction.

Promised to build the first flyover in Borno State at Maiduguri.

Maiduguri Flyover (first in Borno) commissioned. Rural roads across 27 LGAs. Township roads in Maiduguri. Maiduguri Flyover (first in Borno).

Promised dualisation of Maiduguri township roads.

Maiduguri township roads dualised. Urban renewal. Township roads in Maiduguri metropolis. Dualised major arteries.

Promised rural roads across all 27 LGAs for post-insurgency reconstruction and farm-to-market connectivity.

Rural roads across all 27 LGAs. Post-insurgency reconstruction. Farm-to-market connectivity. Part of recovery. Rural connectivity.

Supported Kano-Maradi rail project for cross-border trade connectivity.

Supported Kano-Maradi rail (Kano-Katsina-Jibiya-Maradi). Borno section for cross-border trade. Kano-Maradi rail groundbreaking 2021. Cross-border connectivity.