Vice President Kashim Shettima on Friday arrived in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, on an official visit to commission key educational and health projects executed by the state government and his Foundation.

Shettima touched down at the Muhammadu Buhari International Airport, Nigerian Air Force Base, Maiduguri, at about 10:12 a.m., where he was received by Governor Babagana Umara Zulum, Deputy Governor Umar Usman Kadafur, members of the National Assembly, state executive council members, and leaders of the All Progressives Congress.

The Vice President was accompanied on the trip by the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari; Senator Ali Ndume; and the member representing Jere Federal Constituency, Hon. Ahmed Satomi.

On his itinerary is the commissioning of the Kashim Ibrahim University Teaching Hospital, described as the largest teaching hospital in the North-East, alongside a student hostel and 104 units of staff housing at the university.

Shettima is also scheduled to commission the remodelled Yerwa Central Primary and Junior Secondary School in Maiduguri metropolis, and the Kashim Shettima Academy, a school built by his Foundation to provide access to quality education for children from less privileged backgrounds.

The visit will also feature the foundation-laying ceremony for the Kashim Shettima Foundation office complex and other related engagements in the state capital.