Northern Governors Advocate for an End to Kidnapping, Banditry, and Related Crimes
Governors of the19 Northern State under the aegis of the Northern Governors’ Forum on Friday met in Kaduna, the Kaduna State capital.
The governors gathered to discuss matters relating to insecurity, agriculture, oil exploration in the region as well as to commiserate with the Kaduna Governor, Uba Sani, over the accidental airstrike which claimed several lives in Tudun Biri, Igabi LGA of the state in which the Nigerian Army claimed responsibility.
The meeting being hosted by the state governor was the maiden gathering of the governors since their emergence as governors in the May, 2023 general elections.
Addressing his colleagues, the Chairman of the Forum and Gombe State helmsman, Alhaji Muhammad Yahaya, while condemning the accidental bomb on the people of Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, noted that more efforts were needed by the regional governors to fight against insecurity ravaging the region.
The governor, who commended the Federal Government’s fight against insecurity, said more needed to be done as regional governors to bring to an end to kidnapping, banditry, communal clashes and terrorism bedevilling the North.
He argued that addressing insecurity and other challenges remained crucial to the development and well-being of the people of the region.
Meanwhile, the governors of the 19 northern states have donated the sum of N180m to the victims of the accidental bomb at Tudun Biri village, in Igabi Local Government Area of the Kaduna State.
Amongst the governors present at the meeting are the Governor of Katsina State, Dikko Radda; the deputy governors of Jigawa, Bauchi, Kano, Yobe and Kwara states, who represented their state governors.
