Gov. Matawalle restates commitment to tackle banditry in Zamfara

Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has restated his commitment to end banditry and address security challenges in the state.
Matawalle spoke on Wednesday in Sokoto while addressing participants at a three-day National Conference on Zamfara Kingdom, organised by the Faculty of Arts and Islamic Studies, Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto.
The three-day conference with the theme: “Zamfara Kingdom: Social and Political Transformation from 14th Century to Date,” is being attended by various stakeholders from Sokoto and Zamfara States.
Matawalle, who was represented by Bala Maru, Secretary to the State Government, said: “The conference wouldn’t have come at better time than now.
“This is a time we need more supportive documents that could serve as a guide towards addressing banditry and other forms of security challenges in our state.
“As a government, we are always happy to be involved in academic conferences that will assist our desire in improving the security architecture of our state and enhance our economy and human development.
“As such, I want to generously emphasise that this academic conference is of great importance to the government and people of Zamfara State, most especially at this our trial time.
“However, we have the belief that our history is so much relevant in aiding our dedication to tackle the security challenges of our state.”
The governor commended the foresight of the organisers and assured of the state government’s support to publish the researches for wider circulation to the public.
Also speaking, a former Governor of Sokoto State, Yahaya Abdulkareem, urged state governors and well to do individuals to assist Universities in ensuring academic culture is not only maintained, but research outcomes are widely circulated.
Abdulkareem said wider circulation of various academic research outcomes would assist in using the past experiences to correct the mistakes of the present for a more peaceful future.
He said acquiring historical knowledge and consciousness were matters of necessity in the country and the youth need to be fully educated on the level of contributions made by the past leaders.