On Thursday, the Governor of Gombe State and Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Discussion board, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
The Governor used the go to to replace Nigeria’s chief on the developments in his state and the northern area.
He additionally briefed the president on the achievements recorded by the state underneath his management as governor, assuring that his authorities was able to translate phrases into motion to result in quicker improvement.
Whereas interacting with State Home correspondents quickly after assembly behind closed doorways with the President, the governor emphasised the necessity for extra collaboration between the federal and state governments to enhance the well-being of residents, stating that such collaboration would considerably contribute to improvement in all sectors.
He mentioned, “There have been a number of engagements between us in the direction of the top of 2023, notably pertaining to healthcare and enabling enterprise atmosphere reforms and plenty of extra. With out the financial system choosing up and doing properly, we are going to repeatedly be the place we’re and even worse.”
He added, “Collaboration between the states and the federal authorities, together with the native governments, may be very key and elementary for us as a result of if there may be any disconnect, we might not ship on what we have now to do for the folks.”
Commenting on the significance of agriculture in human improvement and attaining meals sufficiency, the Governor mentioned farmers must embrace trendy strategies to spice up their manufacturing.
He mentioned, “The way in which it’s now, folks have to grasp that we should modernize. There’s a want for machine instruments and processing; fortunately, Gombe is among the many states which have been accredited to be a part of the Particular Agric Processing zones.”
“Now we have arrange an industrial park the place we will course of all of the uncooked supplies or the agricultural produce that we have now within the State. I feel if all states will key in and work in tandem with the federal authorities, we will simply attain the specified vacation spot for Nigeria,” he added.
Inuwa Yahaya additionally commented on safety challenges troubling some components of the nation.
He counseled President Bola Tinubu for sending Vice President Kashim Shettima to go to Kaduna and Plateau States to get the small print of what transpired at Tudun Biri, in addition to Bokkos and Barkin Ladi Native Authorities Areas.
“In my capability because the Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Discussion board, I reward the steps taken by the President to get to the basis of what occurred in these two States and the pledge he made that the appropriate motion could be taken to stop future occurrences of these incidents. Above all, I thank him for the help given to victims or survivors,” the Governor said.
Talking particularly on the Plateau disaster, the Governor mentioned that there’s a want for a assessment of the quick and distant causes to discover a lasting resolution.
The Governor burdened that, “Even though this matter has been there for lengthy, it’s time for stakeholders to have a spherical desk and inform one another the reality after which take deliberate steps towards loving one another. Prior to now, the folks had been dwelling in peace and going about their regular companies.”
He mentioned, “A number of the main points that appear to permit the issue to persist embrace points like farmer-herder clashes, the clamor for indigenes versus settlers.
However the world over, if any society or nation doesn’t welcome guests, such a nation is not going to progress. In spite of everything, we’re one and the identical household.”
“Subsequently, we’re commiserating with those that misplaced their family members. There ought to be no cause why anybody ought to go and kill or take the lifetime of a fellow human being since it’s not a battle state of affairs.
Reprisal assaults haven’t taken us anyplace, so what we have to consider doing is to grasp ourselves and know that we have now leaders in any respect ranges whom we will lodge our complaints to.
We should always imbibe the behavior of loving each other and dwelling in peace for the progress of all of us,” the Gombe State Governor suggested.