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  • Zamfara Deputy Governor cautions youths against violence

    Zamfara Deputy Governor, Malam Ibrahim Wakkala, has cautioned youths in the state against any form of violence before, during and after the 2019 general elections.

    Wakkala, who is a gubernatorial aspirant under the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), gave the advice while addressing his supporters from the 14 local government areas of the state at his residents in Gusau on Thursday.

    He urged youths to shun any form of violence, thuggery and avoid anything that will disturb peace and stability in the society in the name of politics.

    “We should cooperate and work together for the development of Zamfara State; we should not be allowed to be used for political violence and thuggery.

    “You know the situation we are facing in Zamfara today, we should continue with prayers and seek Allah’s intervention to the security challenges we are facing.

    “I thank you for the support, you gave to me, and Insha Allah I will work on the mandate you gave to me. I will continue to stand for you.

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    “I am happy with the kind of trust, solidarity, support and encouragement you are giving to me, and I am giving you assurance that we will continue to work together”, he said.

    The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the deputy governor has failed to secure the support of Gov. Abdulaziz Yari and APC leadership in the state who are backing another aspirant for the position.

    The governor and the state APC leadership have claimed that the party stakeholders had since endorsed the state Commissioner of Finance, Alhaji Mukhtar Shehu-Idris, as the party’s governorship candidate.

    The deputy governor and other aspirants had since kicked against the decision, saying there was no consensus on who becomes the governorship candidate of the APC in the state.

    Other governorship aspirants seeking APC endorsement include, Alhajic a retired Federal Permanent Secretary and Sen. Kabiru Mafara, representing Zamfara Central.

  • Fire guts N183m TETFund project

    Fire guts N183m TETFund project

    Zamfara Government has described the fire that gutted the N183 million Tertiary Education Trust Fund ( TETFund ) intervention project at the State College of Education, Maru, as unfortunate.

    The acting State Governor, Malam Ibrahim Wakkala who visited the College on Tuesday to assess the damage, noted that the inferno caused a great loss to the institution and government.

    Wakkala said government had directed the state’s Ministry of Education to set up a committee to ascertain the level of damage and cause of the fire and present its findings.

    “Government will support the College to continue with its activities. I also urge communities in the state to always be conscious of fire, especially in the current harmattan season to avoid future incident.

    Earlier, Provost of the College, Alhaji Nasiru Sarkin-Fawa, told the deputy governor that seven departments, multimedia languages laboratory, School of Languages Dean’s office and Languages Office were lost to the disaster.

    Read also: TETfund : Open letter to President Buhari

    Sarkin-Fawa said that the college had lost its 16 years valuable records to the disaster, and needed urgent support from the state government and TETFund so that their academic activities would not stop.

    “About 2,083 students, 42 academic and 18 non-academic staff will no longer have classes and offices as a result of the disaster,’’ he said.

    He appealed to the government to assist the college with additional structures like staff accommodation.

    “We have about 400 staff, including academic and non-academic.

    ” Only 20 per cent out of the total number of staff are residing in the College while the remaining staff are living outside due to lack of accommodation.

    “We have about 8,000 students in this College, but we are facing serious challenge of lack of infrastructure, including water,’’ he added.

    The fire occurred on Dec. 23 and razed the 2013 intervention complex project of the College.

    It comprises four departments, one dean’s office and other offices.

    NAN

  • Zamfara Deputy Governor donates clothes, cash to 5,000 widows for Ramadan

    Zamfara Deputy Governor donates clothes, cash to 5,000 widows for Ramadan

    The Zamfara State Deputy Governor, Malam Ibrahim Wakkala, has donated clothes to 5,000 widows, orphans, needy and people with disabilities for sallah celebration.

    Distributing the materials at his resident on Saturday in Gusau, Wakkala said the donation was his own personal assistance to the needy.

    “You know, Islam is always recognizing assisting the needy especially in this holy month of Ramadan.

    “Therefore, it is part of my personal activities in month of Ramadan to provide food and clothing materials and cash to the needy in order to assist them to fast, worship and celebrate sallah in happy mood.

    “As Muslims, we all know in the Holy Qur’an, the Almighty Allah has commanded and encouraged giving out assistance to needy during this holy month of Ramadan.

    “I am, therefore, using this medium to call on well meaning individuals and political office holders to provide similar assistance to the people in their respective communities”, he said.

    Wakkala also called on Muslims to use the Ramadan period to pray for the quick recovery of President Muhammadu Buhari, who is in London, receiving medical treatment.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that each beneficiary received one set of clothes and 1,000 naira.

    The state government had on Saturday  given similar assistance to 25,000 same categories of people through the 17 emirates of the state.

  • ‘Let’s unite to fight insurgency’

    ‘Let’s unite to fight insurgency’

    THE Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Malam Ibrahim Wakkala, yesterday charged northern elites to bury their religious, political and ideological differences to fight the insurgency in the region.

    Wakkala, who spoke in Kano during the 6th anniversary and lecture presentation of the Dandalin Siyasa On-Line Forum, called on political, religious and opinion leaders from the north to brace up to the challenges of insecurity facing the region.

    The theme of the lecture was democracy and economy: A Northern challenge.

    “I will like to call on the northern elite and politicians alike for us to come back to our senses and realise that certainly, this is not the North left to us by the founding fathers of the northern Nigeria.

    “As we all know, our sages like the Sarduana of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello and the Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, of blessed memories, paid dearly with their lives for championing the cause of the region.

    “We must do all we can do keep their dreams alive. Recent happenings in some of our geo-political zones do not portray a promising future.

    “If things are to continue unabated, the future is obviously bleak, not just for the present crop of people but also the future generations,” Wakkala warned.

    “We owe our forefathers and the great heroes of our region a duty to sustain their visions and legacies so that their sacrifices will not be in vain,” he stressed.

    The deputy governor pointed out that something must be done urgently to address the security challenges ravaging the north.