A group, Zamfara Progressive Movement for Peace and Development (ZAPPDE) has solicited for more joint efforts against security challenges bedeviling Zamfara state.
” People of Zamfara State are still suffering the challenges of insecurity, hunger, and depression despite having democratically elected leaders at the federal and State levels, the group”, has said.
This is contained in a statement signed by ZAPPDE chairman, Alhaji Adamu Danyaula Matusgi, made available to the newsmen on Friday in Sokoto.
The group urged Gov. Dauda Lawal to fine-tune ways of handling the escalating insecurity in the state which is becoming worrisome.
He argued that the recent achievements in the fight against banditry as captured in the state government’s one-year report card might be criticised with rate of happenings.
According to him, some people considered it misguiding as sone executed projects may have less impacts.
” We are worried that today in Zamfara, many people whose means of livelihood depend on farming can no longer go to the farm while the few ones that can have to pay bandits during planting and harvesting.
” Already, the level of education in Zamfara is abysmally low. The escalating insecurity has further worsened this situation and we all know that education is key to having a peaceful progressive society, group said.
According to the group, there were no projects or infrastructural development when bandits were having a field day attacking, maiming, kidnapping, and killing our people just because of the ineptitude of the government to do the needful.
” It’s disheartening to see Zamfara state government has continued to ignored the chances of cooperating with federal government, especially ministry of defense in the ensuring efforts of the fight against insecurity by playing politics with issue of insecurity.
Despite his experiences and strong indications of his good intention to cooperate with Zamfara state government on this fight against insecurity; the minister of state defense, was ignored, rebuffed and refused to be involved in such good efforts on the fight against insecurity challenges in the state.
To be specific, bandits are now holding many enclaves around Tsafe, Dansadau, Shinkafi, Bukkuyum, and Zurmi. Their activities are becoming so disturbing around roads linking Talata Mafara to Mayanci to Bungudu while other suspected groups have taken over Tsafe to Magazu to Wanzamai, he added.
The group cautioned the present administration on overheating the politics and urged the leaders to focus on people oriented projects.
For example, the state government can bring some of the past leaders who have left a footprint In peace and political cohesion together in the interest of the vast majority of our people.
He urged the government of Dauda Lawal to focus on issues and ways of eradicating these challenges by way of bringing back security and political cohesion to the state.
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