Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara said on Wednesday that the state government would be one of the pacesetters among states that would implement the new national minimum wage.
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Zamfara State has been under pressure from bandits for more than 10 years now, the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Abdullahi Shinkafi, has said.
The Zamfara Government has said that a total of 3,526 persons were killed by armed bandits in the state in the last five years.
The Governor of Zamfara, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, has restated that the State Government would continue to provide necessary support to agencies tackling the current banditry in the state.
The Secretary of the State Committee on Presidential primary election in the state, Prof. Abdullahi Shinkafi, disclosed this to newsmen in Gusau on Sunday.
On September 12, gunmen unleashed another deadly attack on Badarawa community, killing 11 people and wounding 24 others.
The ongoing banditry in Zamfara has claimed over 3,000 lives with the State Government spending some N17 billion in the past seven years on fighting the problem.
The State Governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, disclosed this at a Town Hall Meeting organised by the Nigerian Bar Association on Saturday in Gusau.
Shinkafi said this on Saturday in Gusau at an interactive session with the National Economic Council Fact Finding Committee and stakeholders on security challenges in the state.
The Speaker of the Assembly, Alhaji Sanusi Rikiji, said the nominee’s name was submitted via a letter signed by the Secretary of the State Government, Prof. Abdullahi Shinkafi, and dated January 7.