Insecurity to end soon as FG targets terrorists – Minister

From Ibrahim Sidi Muh’d, Gusau

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, emphasized that the security challenges would soon become history as the Federal Government embarked on targeting terrorists.

The Minister made this known in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital on Thursday, through the Head of Federal Information Center, Malam Auwal Balarabe, as the Ministry embarked on a nation-wide sensitization campaign on the mid-term Report of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration under his Renewed Hope Agenda.

According to Idris, the sensitization will give opportunity for Nigerians to know the various developmental projects being carried out by the present administration in terms of security enhancement, infrastructure, agriculture, education, water supply, energy, boosting economy and social intervention as well for a better Nigeria.

He further informed that, “I am glad to inform you that a milestone has been put in place whereby over 300,000 benefited from students loan scheme “NELFUND”, 900000 benefited from presidential loan and grant scheme, over 440 on-going road construction projects and payment of N70,000 minimum wage.

“Others included agricultural support, infrastructural development and other Federal Government interventions to mitigate the hardship among Nigerians.

“I am calling on the good people of Zamfara State to make use of the developmental projects to enjoy the dividend of democracy.” Kyari assured of working with the Ministry of Livestock Development to realise the president’s vision to diversify the economy and empower more Nigerians.

Earlier, Co-Chairman of the Committee, Prof Attahiru Jega disclosed that unlocking the potentials in the long-neglected livestock sector across its value-chain, and reforming and improving its entire ecosystem, would be immensely beneficial to virtually everybody, everywhere throughout the country in terms of new business opportunities.

He said it will also lead to generation of employment and incomes, especially for the country’s teaming youths, contribute to food and nutrition security, and remarkable value addition to our country’s GDP.

“Significantly, reforming the sector would also help to mitigate the perennial conflicts between farmers and herders, which have bedeviled the sector, with negative consequences of community relations and beneficial productive activities,” he added.

He said the objective of the two-day consultative workshop is to obtain both the additional input to the reform process and buy-in, from a range of critical stakeholders drawn from the Nigerian Livestock value-chain and ecosystem.