Shettima made this known when he hosted CONSCCIMA at the presidential villa in Abuja
Vice President, Kashim Shettima has linked the spate of banditry and kidnapping in the north-west geopolitical zone of Nigeria to bad
governance.
He made this known recently when he hosted the Coalition of Northern States’ Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (CONSCCIMA) at the presidential villa in Abuja.
The north-west comprises seven states, which include Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, and Zamfara.
While Kebbi, Jigawa and Kano have been relatively peaceful, Zamfara, Katsina, Sokoto and Kaduna have been hotbeds of banditry, which most times resulted in the abduction and killing of residents of the state and visitors.
Speaking to the coalition led by Dalhatu Abubakar, CONSCCIMA’s president, the vice president said “re-engineering and re-strategizing” affairs in the north is necessary to catapult the region into “accelerated” development.
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According to NAN, Shettima further said stakeholders in the entire north “have to go back to the drawing board, re-assess the state of affairs in the region, and come up with robust platforms for re-engineering”
He went on to say, “It is imperative for the north to embark on the re-strategizing and re-engineering of the region to reposition it for accelerated development.
“Most of the issues highlighted by the president of CONSCCIMA are very poignant, as these are issues that touch the lives and wellbeing of our people.
“There can never be development without peace, and there can never be peace without development”
“Especially in the north-west through the Pulaku initiative. The Pulaku initiative is a robust solution to addressing the challenges in the north-west.
“It is a solution aimed at addressing the challenges of banditry, kidnapping, and the situation in the north-west, which cannot be divorced from the issue of governance.”
