Tag: Gov Matawalle

Zamfara: “I’ll no longer grant amnesty to bandits”, Matawalle vows

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Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, says that his administration is no longer interested in holding a dialogue with bandits, noting that they had spurned the olive branch once extended to them. He said in Gusau that instead, security forces would flush them out of the State. The governor said the barrage of attacks on bandits by security forces had made them to make a fresh overture to government seeking dialogue. He said the bandits’ emissaries informed him that they had repented and would want to dialogue with the government. He…

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Insecurity: Zamfara suspends movement of livestock across borders, shuts weekly markets

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…Announces other security measures Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, has ordered that transportation of livestock beyond the state’s borders be suspended. The suspension was announced in a statement issued on Friday by the governor’s media aide, Zailani Bappa. The development comes hours after students abducted from the College of Agriculture in Bakura, Zamfara, regained their freedom, 11 days after they were abducted. According to the statement, Matawalle also ordered the closure of weekly markets across the State, while transportation of food items will be subject to verification. The State government…

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Matawalle calls for declaration of a state of emergency in Northern States

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Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, has called for a state of emergency in the Northern States. He made this known while receiving the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in-charge of 10, Ali Janga, in Government House, Gusau, yesterday. The Zamfara State government noted that insecurity challenges facing the region are overwhelming, saying we have to face it squarely or else we all perished. According to him, all the States in the region are facing one form of security challenges or the other there is no pretense over it.

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Resettlement City Project will begin soon in Zamfara – Commission

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The federal commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally-Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has stated that the building of a Resettlement City Project will commence soon in Zamfara State. She stated this on Monday during a courtesy visit to Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle as part of events to flag-off the distribution of relief materials to displaced persons in the state. According to her, the commission had designed programmes for long-term impact to rehabilitate, reintegrate, resettle and empower Persons of Concern (PoCs) in the State. She further added…

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“Greedy Matawalle’s demand for 70% of Zamfara APC may destroy party” ? Ex-Gov. Yari warns

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The immediate-past governor of Zamfara State, AbdulAzeez Yari, has revealed some cracks in the State’s chapter of the All Progressive Congress, (APC) since the entrance of the incumbent governor, Bello Matawalle. According to Yari, the Party was at a crossroad over the sharing formula of the party structure, between Gov. Matawalle, a new entrant to the party, and the party members he had met. He said the latest demand of 70% of the party structure by the governor was ‘greedy, unacceptable and poses a possible failure for the party in…

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APC defection: Matawalle sacks all Special Advisers

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Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, has sacked all his Special Advisers of their appointments. This was contained in a statement released yesterday by the Acting Secretary to the State Government and Head of Service, Kabiru Balarabe. Matawalle said the governor’s decision is in line with his recent defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Recall that Governor Matawalle dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), to the APC penultimate Tuesday, after several months of speculation, saying he defected in order to bring peace to Zamfara State. However, Balarabe, in his statement,…

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APC declares Matawalle leader of Zamfara APC

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…As Buhari welcomes gov. to party, warns against complacency…Buni C’ttee dissolves State Exco The National Caretaker Committee Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Mai Mala Buni has announced the dissolution of Zamfara APC executive council from wards, local government to State level. Buni spoke during the formal defection of Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle to the APC in Gusau, the State capital. He said Matawalle would remain the leader of the party in the state and the party exco stands dissolved, urging all stakeholders to support the governor in delivering…

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“You can’t defect to APC with our mandate” – PDP tells Matawalle, others

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The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has cautioned the Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, members of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, and those of the National Assembly from the State against defecting to the All Progressives Congress, (APC). This is coming on the heels of reports that the governor is set to join the APC today. According to his spokesperson, Yusuf Idris, the governor will join the ruling party with “the National and State Assembly members as well as the PDP executives from all levels of the State”. The governor, who…

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Zamfara: Buhari’s aide hints at  Governor Matawalle’s defection to APC

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The Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, has suggested that there is a possibility for the defection of the Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to the All Progressives Congress, (APC). This was made known by the presidential aide, Ahmad in a Facebook post yesterday, which stated: “So, Zamfara is back home! Welcome Matawalle”. As at the time of this reportage, Matawalle has not confirmed his rumoured defection to APC, despite speculation of the defection from different quarters and the…

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Insecurity: Zamfara deploys 500 armed personnel, anti-aircraft battle gun against bandits

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Zamfara State governor, Bello Muhammad Matawalle, has deployed hundreds of security personnel to be on the trail of the perpetrators of attacks on the innocent people of Malele village, in Dansadau, under Maru local government area of the State. The governor, who condemned in totality the attacks which he believed were carried out by the enemies of the State, promised to teach them the language that they can understand. As at the time of filing this report, it was gathered that Governor Matawalle was in the Government House Situation Room,…

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