Zamfara State Governor Alhaji Abdul’aziz Yari has dismissed claims that the North-West governors’ forum is a faction of the Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF). Rather, it is meant to address the peculiar development issues of the zone,

the governor said while fielding questions from newsmen after a meeting of the group at the Kano State Government House.

Yari reaffirmed that the forum is not in conflict with the NSGF and therefore faulted those who think it is a factional group. The governors of Zamfara, Kano, Katsina, Jigawa, Kebbi, Sokoto and the Kaduna State deputy governor attended the meeting.

Reading the communiqué, Governor Yari called for unity among political leaders in the zone for the realisation of effective and sustainable development. He said the Kano meeting was a follow-up on the forum’s series of meetings to discuss issues peculiar to the zone and proffer recommendations.

The governor stated that the forum deliberated on the zone’s development based on the Arewa Research and Development Project’s findings, stressing that the forum after careful deliberations would ensure adoption and subsequent implementation of the research findings for economic stability in the zone.

Yari also extended the forum’s sympathy to Kebbi and Kano over the recent fire outbreaks that consumed major markets in the two states.


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