Gbolahan Salman Sokoto
The Northern Professionals Development Group (NOPDEP) has expressed concerns and apathy over it called increase sponsored attacks and media propaganda against the government and political directions of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his Minister of state Defence, Bello Mohammed Matawalle by the government of Zamfara state.
A statement signed by the state coordinator of the group, Barr Bashir Ibrahim Shamaki, said instead of providing good governance, security, political cohesion and progress in the state some officials of the Zamfara state government have now become agents of recruiting protesters, media mercenaries for political attacks against the policies of Federal government in Abuja and Kaduna respectively.
In a tense media press release in Sokoto, the group described such attitudes as alien to the unity, development and political maturity in the North.
“We advised government of Zamfara state under Dr Dauda Lawal to sheath its sword, instead face numerous challenges facing the state that includes insecurity, economic and political development in order to bring succour to the people of state that are now suffering and lacking almost all the amenities of social services”.
The group has condemned poor outing of governance and continue use of the state meager resources in sponsoring some individuals and groups to protests and media conferences; while hundreds of thousands of Zamfara people are dying from hunger, insecurity challenges among others.
“There’s no political solidarity or support from the Zamfara people over what their governor is allegedly doing against the Federal government or his precedessor; so why continue spending such millions of naira to financed non indigenes away from Gusau to protests against issues of political interest.
“Instead of such failed jamborees, reckless spending by the state government to a non profit ventures, why not cooperate with Federal government towards bringing an end to insecurity, bringing peace and cohesion in the state”.
The group however asked Zamfara elders, ulamas and other political leaders of who are part of the state progress to call the governor to order and seek intervention in bringing all the two warring leaders together for harmony, peace and understanding before the escalations of such enmity to a level of destruction and chaos.
