Following the rising kidnapping and banditry bedeviling the country, The Zamfara State Governor, Muhammad Matawalle, has suggested that the only option left for governors of the affected states is to engage the bandits and kidnappers in dialogue for everlasting peace.
Governor Mutawalle, who spoke in Yola while on a working visit to Adamawa State, said he would continue to encourage the use of dialogue to achieve the much needed peace in the state arising from the menace of kidnappers and bandits.
“Only recently such dialogue with the kidnappers in Zamfawa State led to the denouncing of kidnapping by six kingpins and the surrender of about 42 assorted rifles and over 6000 arms and ammunition.” He said.
“If really we want to end banditry, we have to sit on a round table and negotiate because through dialogue and reconciliation we are able to secure the release of many people who were under captivity of kidnappers. The dialogue is for those of them (bandits) who are willing to repent, but those that refused to take path of dialogue, we fight them. This is just using carrot and stick approach.”
While commissioning phase two rural roads of the 347.6 kilometres rural access roads and river crossings traversing the 21 councils in Adamawa state, Governor Matawalle applauded the developmental strides recorded by his colleague, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri.
Earlier, in his address, Governor Fintiri said the projects were in fulfilment of his campaign promises to enhance critical economic growth in the state. Fintiri assured the people in the state that his administration will complete all ongoing projects scattered across the communities.
Coordinator of RAMP 2, Zubairu Adamu Vandi, maintained that 628 youths were recruited by his organisation to maintain all rural roads constructed in the state.
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