Zamfara Parallel Assembly Flays Gov Lawal Over Alleged Insensitivity, Corruption


By John Ekah, Gusau

Factional members of the Zamfara State House of Assembly have charged Governor Dauda Lawal to establish three Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in the state.

They claimed the charge was necessary following what they described as the failure of his administration to fulfil one of its cardinal campaign promises to end armed banditry in the state.

In a motion moved by Hon. Ibrahim Tudu Tukur, member representing Bakura State Constituency, he said Gov. Lawal has steadily allowed the escalation of insecurity in the state while abandoning displaced persons to roam the streets of towns begging for food without any help in sight from the state government after it allegedly failed to protect their lives, property and businesses.

Tukur, who suggested the setting up of one IDP camp in each of the three Senatorial Districts of the state, explained that the measure will give the displaced persons a sense of belonging and save them from continued vulnerability.

He accused the governor of not holding regular security meetings with heads of security agencies to come up with superior approach on how to tackle the situation “nor is he ever ready to listen to other critical stakeholders on other ways to handle the menace.”

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The concerned member further noted that with the proposed establishment of IDP camps, the victims will have access to provision of good healthcare while their children can go to school with the government having accurate data and location of the IDPs.

Also, in their separate contributions, Hon. Nasiru Abdullahi Maru, representing Maru North, Hon. Mukhtaru Nasiru Kaura, representing Kaura Namoda North, and Hon. Bashir Bello Sarki Zango, representing Bungudu West, said within one week, many villages including Madira, Dayau, Daba in Kaura Namoda, Kwaren Ganuwa, Musawa Kalgo, Raka inside Tsafe Metropolis in Tsafe Local Government, Yar-Galma in Bukkuyum locayl Government and Danmagori town of Bungudu Local Government, were attacked, alleging that “not a single sympathy visit was carried by the state government.”

The lawmakers lamented how the state government ordered the arrest of some residents of Madira village of Kaura Namoda LGA over a peaceful protest to the Emir of Kaura Namoda’s palace to cry out over persistent killings of innocent people in their communities.

Those arrested were accused of destroying flowers at the Emir’s palace and are being held at the State Police CID in Gusau without any other charges “as if the flowers are better than humans”, claimed the legislators.

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Similarly, the parallel Assembly accused Gov. Lawal and the former Speaker Bilyaminu Ismail Moriki of diverting the sum of N800 million monthly in the name of special assignment, describing the alleged act as ”coordinated corruption” aimed at syphoning Zamfara tax payers’ money for selfish reasons.

These came under matters of public importance moved by the House Minority Leader, Hon. Aliyu Ango Kagara of Mafara South Constituency.


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