Banditry: Former Gov. Defends Matawalle, Cautions Lawal To Guard His Utterances
The Senator representing Zamfara West Senatorial District at the National Assembly and a former Governor of the state, H.E Abdulaziz Abubakar Yari, has cautioned Zamfara State governor Dauda Lawal to stop blame game and guard utterances against his predecessor Bello Matawalle.
The senator advised the governor concentrate on tackling insecurity bedeveling the state as all governors before him had faced different degree of security challenges and did their best in tackling them.
Yari, who ruled the state for eight years, said he was the first governor of the state to face an insurmountable challenging security issue but tried his best to ensure tackling the situation.
He equally stated that Matawalle did his best in tackling the insecurity challenges plaguing the state, including reconciliation with the bandits' leadership just like any other governor in the north-west region, advising that Dauda should have taken similar path in dealing with the bandits rather than engaging in blame game which he said was unnecessary, as it would not bring solution to the problem.
He enjoined the governor to call for a stakeholders meeting to seek advice and support to deal with the problems facing the state, as the blame game would not help matters at all.
According to Yari, the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle had since his appointment as the minister of state defence, been trying his best in the area of his schedule of responsibility and should be seen as true representative of the state in the Federal scheme, rather than trying to pull him down.
He cautioned Zamfara political class to come together to help in building the state rather than engaging in rampant political bickering that will draw the state backwards.
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