BAZAMFARA

By Admin Zamfara State Governor, Hon. Bello Mohammed Matawalle MON (Shattiman Sokoto) has approved the appointment of Alhaji Ibrahim Sulaiman Gusau as the new Chief of Staff Government House, Gusau. This was announced by Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Kabir Balarabe Sardaunan Dan Isah yesterday, Tuesday, 24th August, 2021. Ibrahim Sulaiman Gusau is a seasoned administrator and a technocrat per Excellence. In a related development, The Executive Government also approved the redeployment of some permanent secretaries to other ministries and establishments. Those affected are: i) Kabiru Sani, from Ministry of Works to the Ministry of Education;  ii) Lawali Mainasara, from Ministry of Education to the Ministry of Science and Technical Education;  iii) Garba Ahmad Gusau, from Ministry of Science and Technical Education to the Ministry of Works;  iv) Abubakar Muhammad Barmo, from Office of the Executive Governor to the Ministry of Local Government Affairs;  v) A...

By Yusuf Idris Gusau Certainly, anything that happens or comes by the unexpected grace and blessings of God can only continue to be unbroken and blossom for the sake of humanity while anyone who stands in its way with the intent to challenge it will either get crushed or suffer the consequences of such action without remedy, because such act is best described as challenging the will of God. Such is the situation that God in His infinities brought His Excellency, Hon. Dr. Bello Mohammed Matawalle to take up then existing challenges faced by Zamfara including but not limited to insecurity and near total collapse of all sectors of human endeavour in the state. Matawalle, a one time commissioner in three different ministries who represented his Bakura/Maradun constituents at the National Assembly, was mysteriously compensated by God following a Supreme Court judgement which favoured him without his having gone to the courts to challenge the election that had earlier placed him in second po...

  PRESS STATEMENT  HIS Excellency, the Zamfara State Executive Governor, Hon. Dr. Bello Mohammed Matawalle MON (Matawallen Maradun) has reiterated his  determination to collaborate with the National Commission for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons to resettle all persons with concern especially IDPs in Zamfara state  The governor disclosed this today while hosting the National Commissioner for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, Hajiya Iman Suleiman Ibrahim to a courtesy call at his office in Government House, Gusau. Matawalle said his administration will continue to support vulnerable people and  will not relent in his efforts to improve their living standard despite the security challenges facing the state and the nation in general. He assured to collaborate with the commission to resettle all the affected communities in the state to more appropriate places through the state Ministry for Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management. He...

  PRESS STATEMENT   His Excellency, the Zamfara State Executive Governor, Hon. Dr. Bello Mohammed Matawalle MON (Shattiman Sakkwato) has met with his Borno State Counterpart Babagana Umara Zulum at his Kano residence in order to share and review the security situation in the two states towards restoring lasting peace. During the meeting,  efforts of the two governors in addressing the security situation affecting their states and the dimensions which the terrorists are carrying out attacks on  innocent citizens were discussed where the need for total cooperation from citizens of the affected states is seen as crucial in order to defeat the insurgents. Both governors also shared notes in the mode of their operations in handling the security situation with a view to using both approaches to achieve the set objective. Meeting also agreed to share genuine intelligence in order to maintain the  firm stance in dealing with  obstructors of  government efforts...

By Yusuf Idris Gusau  Zamfara State. Governor Hon. Dr. Bello Mohammed Matawalle MON (Shattiman Sakkwato) has expressed sadness over the abduction of 15 Students and 4 staff of the College of Agriculture and Animal Sciences, Bakura, by suspected armed bandits last night. The state government has continued to strengthen efforts of providing security to all schools across the state since the abduction of Jangebe school girls. Governor Matawalle who is seriously saddened with the resurgence of school abduction in the state by  recalcitrant bandits is however thankful to God for  the prompt response of the security  agencies to the school to reinforce the already stationed security at the school which also led to the successful rescue of three out of the four abducted staff of the institution. The governor directed the security operatives in the state to intensify efforts and rescue all the abductees promising to do everything humanly possible to rescue them unhurt. He la...

By Yusuf Idris Gusau   Sule Lamido, can Nigerians still remember this name? Well, for the records, he is a former governor of Jigawa state who is still most remembered by the few that still bring him to their minds with disdain following what he was known for while he served as governor; arrogance, terror, pettiness, abusive, bitterness, hard feeling and disrespectful to all. I am quick to start with these descriptions and characters of Lamido's to refreshen the memories of the reader just as Lamido tries to release these terrible acts of his on one of the most promising governor we presently have, governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara where he called him names just because the latter exercised his constitutional human rights of freedom of expression and association by changing his political affiliation from the PDP to the APC. In total disrespect to other people's choices and desires, arrogant Lamido in his usual manner called Matawalle as an ingrate who had benefited t...