Governor Dauda Lawal has commissioned an office complex for the newly established Zamfara State Security Trust Fund.
Speaking at the commissioning ceremony in Gusau on Friday, Mr Lawal reiterated his administration’s commitment to support the fund in bringing an end to the security challenges confronting the state.
DAILY NIGERIAN reports that the governor in February appointed former Inspector General of Police MD Abubakar has the chairman of the security Trust Fund.
A statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, said the Zamfara Security Trust Fund is chaired by the former Inspector General of Police, MD Abubakar.
Mr Idris said the provision of a standard office complex exemplifies the Board of Trustees’ efficiency and commitment to fulfilling their mandate.
He quoted the governor as admonishing other states of the federation to establish similar funds, harmonise plans, and foster a regional approach to security issues.
He said, “As the Security Trust Fund settles into a structured environment to work, I urge collaboration with similar funds being set up by other states in our region. Together, we are stronger.
“The fund has so much to do as it gets to work. An added area of focus for the Fund should also be the desensitisation of our children and youth from the mindset of living in times of conflict and the simmering ethnic profiling that has sadly reared its head in some communities as a resultant effect of banditry. This is necessary for meaningful development to be sustained.
“Under the able and capable leadership of the Fund’s Chairman, IGP M.D. Abubakar (Rtd), and other Eminent Members of the Board of Trustees, we look to your collective immediate and purposeful impact on the lives of our people, as you all have always done throughout your personal and professional lives.
“We place that trust in you, for we know you all have the shoulders to carry such a burden. Thank you for your service and duty to your home state.
“A recurring decimal in my interactions wherever I go when these pockets of attacks happen is the commendable efforts of the Community Protection Guards that we have just formed in mitigating the severity and in search and rescue.
“We intend to continue our efforts at community engagement, continuous sensitization, and ensuring adherence to the rules of justice, fairness, and the code of conduct that all CPG members have sworn to.”
