Release Zamfara security vote, lawmaker tells FG

Member representing Shinkafi/Zurmi federal constituency of Zamfara state, Hon. Bello Hassan Shinkafi, has called on the federal government to release the security  funds appropriated to the state government to enable it address security challenges  facing the state.

Speaking to journalists in Abuja, Wednesday, Shinkafi said the money would   enable the state tackle security challenges and construct viable projects that would cushion the effects of banditry, cattle rustling and sundry challenges on the people.

Hon Shinkafi said, already, he had moved a motion in the House to that effect, with full response being awaited from the Federal Ministry of Finance, saying as lawmaker, his duty is to lobby members of the National Assembly to do the needful.

He said Governor Bello Matawalle is working tirelessly to ensure that lasting peace returns to the state, praising the governor’s peace initiatives with the bandits, security agencies and neighbouring states governors on the menace.

While soliciting for help across board on the security issue, Shinkafi stressed that the release of the security votes by the federal government was necessary in order to address the bugging issues at hand.

He said, “Crisis of such nature should be tackled by various means not limited to the use of maximum force.

 “What the state government is currently doing is not the use of force and everybody can attest to the fact that we are getting results. This can be built upon using other approaches that would address the root causes of these mindless killings.

“There is light at the end of the tunnel and it is on this premise that I urge the federal government to assist in addressing the root causes and proffer solutions to these issues so that we can have peace sustained in that state and the entire region.”

He asked stakeholders in the state to treat the issue of banditry with utmost sense of patriotism and not on political or religion lines.

“When bandits attack, they do that without taking religion or political inclinations into account and everyone to that extent becomes a victim so we must put all hands on the deck and address this menace,” he said.

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