Zamfara Is Epicentre of National Security Threat — Gov Lawal

The Zamfara State Government has urged for stronger and more coordinated security action across the North-West, warning that the armed groups operating within Zamfara are the same criminal networks terrorising neighbouring states such as Katsina, Kaduna, Kebbi and Niger.

Governor Dauda Lawal, in a statement on Wednesday, highlighted the urgent need to reinforce security around boarding schools, safeguard agricultural areas to prevent a potential food crisis, secure inter-state highways, and strengthen resilience in rural communities vulnerable to infiltration.

He also identified illegal mining as a major financial engine for armed groups and called for comprehensive reforms in mining governance, involving both state and federal authorities, to dismantle the economic structures sustaining criminal operations.

Governor Lawal noted that Zamfara continues to provide significant support to security agencies through logistics, fuel supplies, operational backing, equipment repair, community-driven intelligence networks and humanitarian assistance for internally displaced persons. He added that the State Security Council has been reinforced to enhance coordination and improve response strategies.

“Zamfara stands today not as a symbol of failure, but as the epicentre of a national challenge that demands honesty, courage and collective resolve,” he said. “The enemies destabilising Zamfara are the same enemies threatening the North, and ultimately, Nigeria.”

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