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Suspension of Zamfara CPG commandant : Gov Lawal neglect earlier advise -APC

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  Ahmed Attahir The All Progressives Congress(APC) in Zamfara state has disclosed that recent suspension of community protection Guard(CPG) commandant vindicated it's earlier assumption, saying Governor Dauda Lawal neglected good advised in the state. In a statement issued on Friday in Gusau by the Zamfara state publicity secretary Yusuf Idris said APC will continue to lend  support to any move that will bring lasting peace in the state and the nation at large.  The statement reads in parts,", Zamfara state APC has been vindicated by the action of the PDP led administration of Dauda Lawal Dare for Sacking the State Commandant of the State Community Protection Guard, Col. Rabiu Garba Yandoto for telling the world the true situation of the state CPG while speaking on a radio phone-in Programme of Vision FM Gusau".  "The party previously during the recruitment of the CPG personnel advised the Zamfara State to ensure that the exercise was free from any politic...

DMO: APC exposes Zamfara govt on double standard.

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Ahmed Attahir The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Zamfara state has exposed state government double standard on the issue of Debt management office (DMO), saying state government is playing with citizens intellectual. In a statement issued on Wednesday evening by the Zamfara state APC publicity secretary Yusuf Idris Gusau revealed that Zamfara people can not be taken for a ride as development has shown that there's actually the sum of N14.26 billion and USD 655.563 belonging to state but stashed somewhere until the DMO exposed it. The statement reads in part: "It is now almost six months ago, to be exact, on the 8th of September, 2023, that the Zamfara State Commissioner of Information, Mannir Haidara, said the out gone government of Dr Bello Mohammed Matawalle now Minister of State for Defence only left the incoming Dauda Lawal Dare (PDP) government "minimal resources," while the governor himself asserted and affirmed that he was handed over "an empty treasur...

Zamfara: APC appreciates stakeholders Ramadan welfare packages

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Ahmed Attahir  The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Zamfara state has appreciated the efforts of its leaders for the distribution of Ramadan welfare packages to members,supporters and less privileged persons in the state. In a statement issued on Monday signed by Zamfara state APC welfare secretary Alhaji Bashir Idris Ataka said the welfare package has impacted the lives of many people in the state. The statement reads in parts,"On behalf of the All Progressives Congress APC State Working Committee, Exco and Members under the able leadership of Hon. Tukur Umar Danfulani, I write to appreciate the continued efforts of our party leaders in Zamfara for always having the people of the state at heart as their top priority when it comes to welfare packages especially as many people are faced with terrible economic hardship". "The combination of the party leaders and immediate past governor of the state,Minister of State for Defence, Hon. Bello Mohammed Matawalle, former gover...

Economic Hardship: NUZAMSS president donate N500.000 to students, organizes Iftar in Zamfara.

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Iftar: Zamfara state students Association (ZAMSSA) ABU zaria chapter Ukasha shehu anka president ABU zaria,  Mubarak Musa Abdullahi (Manager) President NUZAMSS with Patrons Prof. Sama’ila chafe, Dr. Hamza Muhammad Gusau (Secretary General Zamfara state security trust committee). Ahmed Attahir The President of the National Union of Zamfara State Students (NUZAMSS), Mubarak Musa Manager has donated N500,000 to 120 students as part of assistance to cushion economic hardship in the state. NUZAMSS president has also organized Ramadan breakfast for students of Amadu Bello University Zaria at Shinkafi elite in the state. Mubarak Musa Manager who also double as Zonal Coordinator of the Nigerian Association of Sciences Students, (NASS) Northwest said a committee was formed to effect the disbursement to the benefiting students in the state. In a statement issued on Sunday by the spokes person to NASS president, Comrade AbdulRazak Shuaibu,NAMS president ABU-Zaria chapter said It is not news t...

Land restoration : Zamfara ACReSAL organizes Step down training for FAO initiative

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Group picture with some of the participants of ACReSAL project in Zamfara state during the stepdown training held on Tuesday in Gusau, state capital. Ahmed Attahir  The Zamfara state Agro Climatic  Resilience in Semi Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) Project has organized a step down training on Degraded land restoration for about 200 participants with Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) initiative across the state. The step down training was held on Tuesday at Karma Hotel in Gusau, Zamfara state capital as a follow-up to an earlier training organized by Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) for technical staff in the ACReSAL Project in the state. According to the Zamfara state project coordinator Mallam Nasirudeen Bello highlighted that the training would be on different techniques of land restoration, seeds and seedling cultivation, preservation and  land management in the state. "ACReSAL is a project initiated by the federal government through world bank ass...

Breach of Rights : 8 Zamfara lawmakers file suit against Speaker,6 others at FHC.

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  Federal High court ,Gusau Zamfara state. Ahmed Attahir The agrieved suspended 8 members of the Zamfara State House of Assembly have filed a suit challenging their breach of constitutional rights at the Federal High court sitting in Gusau, state capital. The 8 agrieved members are challenging the breach of their constitutional rights to liberty, human dignity, fair hearing and taking possession of their property without due process. The case was filed against seven respondents that included Zamfara state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, the Speaker State House of Assembly, Clerk of the house,the Commissioner of Police and the Department of State security Services (DSS) in the state. When the case came up today for hearing at the Federal High Court in Gusau,there were complaints from the registry that some respondents, that includes police, Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), among others were not served in the state. Ibrahim Ali ,Counsel to the suspen...

FCET Gusau Lecturers begins Strike,call for provost removal.

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Federal college of Education , Technical Gusau. Ahmed Attahir The Academic Staff of the Federal College of Education Technical (FCET) Gusau in Zamfara state have embarked on an indefinite strike, called for the immediate removal of the college Provost Mrs Hauwa’u Gimbiya Mukhtar Abdulkarim in the state. In a statement issued to newsmen on Wednesday and signed by the chairman of the Academic Staff Union of the College, Dr. Abdullahi Muhammad said the Provost was not qualified for the position and must resign before they could return to their work. He added that members of the union would not be able to work under a provost that has been declared unqualified and unsuitable by the Federal Ministry of Education.  The statement reads in parts "The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) FCET Gusau chapter held its congress meeting on 12th March 2024". "The union members have resolved to suspend all academic and administrative activities until the Federal Ministry ...