Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle has urged the FG to declare a state of emergency on security.
Gatekeepers News reports that the Governor of Zamfara state, North-West Nigeria, Bello Matawalle has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria to declare a state of emergency on security.
Matawalle noted that declaring a state of emergency was the “only available avenue of ending the increasing security challenges at hand.”
He gave the advice when he received the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in-charge of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara, Ali Janga, on a courtesy call in Gusau.
Matawalle was qouted in a statement issued by Special Adviser, Public Enlightenment, Media and Communications, Malam Zailani Bappa, to have expressed concern over the incessant attacks on innocent communities in Zamfara and other states.
He told the visiting AIG that the current wave of insecurity was alarming and getting out of hand, as such the need to declare a state of emergency on security in the country.
Matawalle added that “No one feels safe anymore and the only way to return the country on the path of sanity is to act out of the box.”
He commended the federal government and security operatives in the country for their commitment to the fight against banditry.
Matawalle noted that “extra effort is required to contain the growing security problems that are mounting by the day.
“The problem in Zamfara state is quite unique from those in other places and therefore require very careful and constructive solutions to control it.”
