Zamfara Souvenir news

From: Our Reporter

Governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle of Zamfara state has donated food items and cash to  the family of late late Muhammad Nasir Munirat, the Sun Newspaper reporter in Zamfara state. 

Presenting the food items and cash to the wife of the deceased, Malama Maryam Mohammed Munirat on behalf of the state government the Commissioner for Information, Ibrahim Magaji Dosara said the gesture is to support to the family the deceased left behind. 

Condolling the family Hon. Ibrahim Dosara said Governor Matawalle was devasted when he heard the sad news of the late Munirat death.

” late Munirat was a very good man who had an excellent relationship with me, my government and good people of Zamfara state” he stated.

According to him, he said the administration of Matawalle recalled how the deceased reported the state in positive light during his stayed in the state  even at the detriment of being sanctioned by some of his colleagues. 

 “The deceased was a thoroughly investigative Journalist and not one of those armed chair journalists who stay in  the comfort of their rooms to dish out false and fake news without recourse to abiding with the ethics of the profession” he re-iterated.

He urged the family of the deceased to take solace in the Qur’anic verse that says ‘Every soul shall have the taste of death’ and prayed to Allah to forgive his shortcomings and grant him Aljannah firdausi. 

Responding, the wife of the deceased, Maryam Mohammed thank the state government for the kind gesture and say the is least we expected from the state government , saying, she was happy with the enconiums and praises she had been receiving from his colleagues and friends particularly from  Zamfara State. The food items donated to the family in addition to the cash danations includes, 4 cartons of indomie, 4 bags of rice (50kg), 2 cartons of Spaghetti, 2 cartons of Marconi, cooking oil (50kg) and 16 packs of swan water respectively. 

The food items donated to the family in addition to the cash danations includes, 4 cartons of indomie, 4 bags of rice (50kg), 2 cartons of Spaghetti, 2 cartons of Marconi, cooking oil (50kg) and 16 packs of swan water respectively. 

From: Shehu Muhammad

The newly sworn-in Commissioner of Commerce and Industries, Hon Yazid Shehu Danfulani Gusau has  assured that he will used the vast experience he acquired in Central Bank to bring a significant change in  commercial activities across the state.

Speaking immediately after the inagurations of the newly appointed commissioner by the Executive Governor of Zamfara state, Hon. Bello Muhammad Matawalle, Hon. Yazid said with his experience in banking sector, both local and International investors will be invited to contributes in the economic sector of the state.

“Zamfara state is blessed with abundant mineral resources that requires investors at all level to invest in the state” he said.

While appreciating the reception accorded to him by the supporters of All Progressive Congress in Gusau and beyond, Hon. Yazid assured His Excellency’s his commitments for the development of business activities across the state.

Before his appointment as the Commissioner of Commerce, Hon. Yazid Shehu Danfulani is working with Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) an indigene of  Gusau Zamfara state, Hon. Yazi started his educational career at Danturai Model Primary School and Sambo Secondary School all in Gusau where he completed his Secondary education in Zaria, Kaduna state.

Hon.Yazid attended his higher education both at home and abroad, he holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from the University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.
He is happily married and blessed with six children.

From: Aliyu Umar Gusau.

The newly appointed Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, Hon. Abubakar S /Pawa Dambo Jarman Bakura has assumed duty in the Ministry.

In a statement issued to newsmen in Gusau- by the Public Relations Officer of the Ministry, Mal. Bello Madaro Kurya contained that the Commissioner who was accompanied by his political supporters and associates to the Ministry for Local Government Affairs was received  by the Permanent Secretary, Alhaji Abubakar Jafar Maradun and some staffers of the Ministry.

Addressing the staff of the Ministry, Hon. S/Pawa Dambo expressed happiness over the warmly reception given to him by the staffers of the Ministry and further informed them that his doors will always remain open to all staff of the ministry, according to him he alone cannot achieved success without their support and cooperation.

He  thanked Governor Bello Muhammad Matawallen for giving him the mandate to serve as a Commissioner in his administration and further assured to reciprocate the gesture given to him.

Earliar in his address, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Alhaji Abubakar Jafar welcomed the new Commissioner to the Ministry and further assured him the staff of the Ministry commitments to work together for the development of the Ministry and state in general.

Those accompanied the newly Commissioner were, member representing Bakura at the state House of Assembly, Hon. Ibrahim Tudu Tukur, former Bakura local Government Council Sole Administrator, Dr. Aminu Suleman Yarkofoji, APC supporters from Bakura Local Government area and delegations from the state Hajj Commission.

Hon.Abubakar S/Pawa Dambo who was the former Chairman, Zamfara state Hajji Commission was among the six newly appointed commissioners by the Executive Governor of Zamfara state, Hon. (Dr) Bello Muhammad Matawalle.

FROM SURAJO MUHAMMAD

Zamfara state House of Assembly has recommended for the establishment of Medical Laboratory department to be supervise by the Ministry of Health and Hospitals Service Management Board for effective services delivery in health sector across the state.

The resolution followed by a motion moved by a member representing Gummi one constituency, Zamfara state House of Assembly, Hon. Mansur Muhammad Daki Takwas and seconded by Hon. AbdulNasir Ibrahim Gayari of Gummi Two state constituency.

Presenting the motion, Hon Mansur Daki Takwas said the role played by scientists and technicians in the health sector especially in secondary and tertiary health institutions in the state can not be over emphasised stressing that, the profession has greater number of personnels manning hospitals without a proper department to cater for their needs”.

Hon. Daki Takwas also drew the attention of his colleagues on the importance of the board, according to him if fully established will accommodate and also cater for teaming professionals in the health sector that are working 24 hours in our primary health centres and general hospitals across the state .

“With senior officers on Grade level 14,15,and 16 cadres , the board has enough manpower to effectively manage the department as obtained by their counterpart in Nursing and pharmacy departments”, he added

He therefore appealled to members of the state Assembly to recommend to the Office of the state Head of service through the Establishment department to as matter of urgency create the department of Medical Laboratory Service in the ministry of Health and Health Service Management Board as well as Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital Gusau for the conduct of the their services.

After extensive discussion and contributions by the members, Speaker, Nasiru Mu’azu Magarya passed the resolution, calling on the state Government for the establishment of the department in all health institutions across the state.

In the same vein, the House considered a 2019 annual Auditor General’s report which was read at the floor of the House by the Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts and Deputy Speaker, Hon. Musa Bawa Musa Yankuzo representing Tsafe constituency.

Hon Yankuzo said the report outlined ten (10) good recommendations to the House for consideration and approval, according to him if fully implemented by the executive it will go along way in ensuring probity, accountability,and prudent management of public funds.

Responding on the report, members applauded the effort of the committee for outlining key areas and leakages where public funds are being mis used and therefore called the state government to implement all the recommendations.

Speaker Magarya commended the committee members for their good job and further called on other committees members in the house to emulate them.

By : Zailani Bappa

Governor Bello Mohammed (Matawallen Maradun, Shattiman Sakkwato) has finally in his ancestral home of Maradun, registered, officially, as a bonafide member if the Ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He has earlier announced his decamping and subsequent reception into the Party by the National Headquarters of the party in a grand occasion which was attended by 12 sitting Governors of the Party. In effect, he has also assumed his office, today, as the leader of the Party in Zamfara State.

This is indeed, the moment all peace loving citizens of Zamfara state and its well wishers are waiting for. A time when the leadership of the state will fall in line with the mainstream political choice of the people which is the APC. This is the renaissance period for the young state of Zamfara and its people as the main ideological leaning of the people is now in tandem with its type of political leadership choice, a case of eating one’s cake and actually having it.

From the inception of the present administration of Governor Matawalle to date, we have seen the worst of political conflict between those who held the reign is the APC in the state and the authority that holds power under the lucky PDP as at then. The conflict of ideological and political interests left the troubled state of Zamfara in a very anguished state with a lot of spanners thrown from every direction into the works of governance.

Every discerning mind has found it wise and progressive for Governor Matawalle to take the bull by the horn and find a unifying ground for the political interests that dotted the map of politics in the state. His latest move should ordinarily be the melting point and pot for the political interests that hitherto, clashed and drew progress backwards.

It is important for everyone of us to note the large heart displayed by His Excellency in the eve of today’s registration when he decidedly lowered his wings and visited a select political heavyweights to discuss the way forward for the general interest of the people of the state. It is expected that these political juggernauts will reciprocate this kind gesture and also lower their wings as well for the interest of the people of Zamfara state.

The next two years of Governor Matawalle’s administration should witness better peace and more development than the last two years because the state cannot afford to undergo another round of quarrel that is of no significance since power is bestowed by God on whoever He so wishes to. And He has demonstrated it twice by giving the authority of governance to Matawalle and now, the power to lead the people’s Party in the state.

It is the duty if all and sundry, especially the supporters of all camps to advise their leaders to accept this arrangement by the Almighty and allow the progress of Zamfara state to proceed. I am confident that Governor Bello Mohammed is one politician who is firm but nor greedy. He is aggressive but also kind. And he is bold but accommodating.

These should dispel fear and anxiety as the next two years of Governor Matawalle will strive to carry every person, every interest and every camp on board to the bank of our present troubled waters. It is incumbent upon all and sundry to accept this olive branch for the sake of Zamfara state.

 
From :Our Reporter

Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara state has approved the appointment of Alhaji Kabiru Balarabe, Sardaunan Dan Isa,  as the new Zamfara state Secretary to the State Government.

In a statement issued to newsmen by the Director General, Media, Public Enlightement and Communication, office of the Executive Governor Mallam Yusuf Idris said the appointment of Alhaji Kabiru Balarabe a technocrat and seasonal administrator  by His Excellency’s Hon. (Dr) Bello Matawalle is with immediate effect.

Before the appointment of the new Secretary to the State Government according to the statement, Alhaji Kabiru Balarabe was the Zamfara state Head of Civil Service since August 16, 2019 to date.

Because of his commitments to service , Governor Matawalle after the dissolution of the state Executive Council members on May 31, 2021 has appointed him to supervise the affairs of the Office of the Secretary to the State Government, the position he hold until his confirmation as the new Zamfara state Secretary to the State Government. 

The new Secretary to the State Government who is married with children was born in Dogon Kade, Kaura Namoda Local Government area of Zamfara state on March 15, 1966, a dedicated Muslim, Alhaji Kabiru Balarabe, popularly known as “Sardauna Dan Isa” holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History from Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, Sokoto state. 

A guru in the game of Badminton, Sardaunan Dan Isa was once the North-West Zonal Chairman of the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) in addition to many other committee leadership positions and titles he held within and outside the state.

From : Our Reporter

Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle has sworn,-in commissioners  and permanent Secretaries said the last cabinet dissolution was done with the aimed at stocktaking  on the individual and collective members of the cabinet.

He stated this at Government House Chamber while swearing-in six new Commissioners, two Permanent Secretaries and  Chairman of the state Board of Internal Revenue Services which according to him is part of his administration’s  determination to form a formidable team that will work assiduosly for the growth and development of the state.

Governor Matawalle charged the new commissioners to work closely with their permanent secretaries in order to inject new ways that would make Zamfara state more attractive to investors.

He further implored the appointees to look into ways of imroving the security of the state by working in consonance with each other for the betterment of a new Zamfara state.

While congratulating the new appointees particularly the Chairman of the Internal Revenue Services Board, Governor Matawalle drew his attention to the needs of boosting internal revenue generation for the continued provision and improvement of basic amenities in the state.

He urged civil servants and general public in the state to continue in supporting government  with prayers and credible information in order to sustain safe communities in all parts of the state.

Those sworn-in as Honourable Commissioners are Hon.  Ibrahim Magaji Dosara, Hon. Sufiyanu Bashir Yuguda, Hon. Yazeed Shehu Danfulani, Hon. Rabiu Garba Gusau,  Hon. Abubakar S/Pawa Dambo and Barrister Aminu Junaidu Kaura respectively. 

Others are Kabiru Yusuf Gusau and Lawal Hussein as permanent secretaries while Akilu Muhammad Dama was sworn-in as the Chairman Zamfara State Board of Internal Revenue.

Responding on bahalf of the appointees, Hon. Sufiyanu Bashir Yuguda assured to work hard and bring more development in the state, saying that they were honoured by the confidence responsed on them and their selection and appointment as cabinet members in a state with a population of over four million people.

He promised their total support and cooperation to government policies and programmes especially concerning the security issues facing the state.

From : Our Reporter

Govovernor Bello Mohammed Matawallen Maradun of Zamfara state has tasked journalists to always cross check facts information at their disposal before going to press to avoid misleading the public. 

As the forth estate of the realm, according to him the media is a very important component of the democratic system that can play a very vital roles in campaign against the challenges of insecurity facing the country.

Delivering his address on Sunday at the inauguration ceremony of the newly elected executives council members of the Nigerian Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, Zamfara state chapter at UBEC Training Centre Gusau, the state capital Governor Matawalle  said, unless journalists whose crucial profession fetched them the position of the forth estate of the realm, stand up to the challenges posed by the emergence of social media where all comers are publishers, being used by unscrupulous politicians in the society in destroying and destabilizing the Nigerian state in achieving their selfish goals, fake news propagandists would rubbish the traditional media and professional journalism in Nigeria. 

Governor Matawalle who was represented at the ceremony by the Commissioner of Information, Hon. Ibrahim Magaji Dosara charged members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists in the state to always cross check the information they share with the general public to ensure publications or broadcast of the balanced, objective and reliable information that will help promote peace, security and progress of Nigeria. 

Governor Matawalle said his government operates an open door policy in carrying out it’s activities and further assured the journalists of his administration’s commitment and determination to respond to any request for information about any issues the requires government response. 

He however, expressed concern over the activities of fake news publishers and propagandists who have made it very difficult in dealing decisively with recalcitrant bandits who have been unleashing mayhem on innocent lives in various localities in the state and beyond. 

“We regretted that such fake news carriers have inflicted injuries in the current fight against insurgency and banditry by demoralizing Nigerian troops who are fighting the bandits and insurgents, as well turned communities against governments at all levels in their reportage” he stated. 

Speaking at the occasion, the National Vice President of the Nigerian Association of Women Journalists,  NAWOJ,  North West Zone,  Hajiya Halima Musa commendede Governor Bello Matawalle for his good working relationship with the press in the state. 

The Zonal Vice President of the association who described Governor Bello Matawalle as media friendly Governor said unlike what has been reported in the media about insecurity in the state, the National leaders of the Association have found the state to be relatively secured, peaceful and stable. 

She further pledged that the association would collaborate with the government in tackling banditry, school dropout problem and other societal challenges bedivelling the state as part of their contributions. 

While thanking the state government for the supports to journalists in the state, the NAWOJ Zonal officer however called on the members of the press to join hands with government to serve the state, particularly in the area of security, health education, women and youths empowerment programmes of the government. 

She at the end warned journalists in the state to shun partisan politics to in order to safeguard the journalism profession in the country

Late Muhammad Munirat, the Sun reporte in Zamfara state

From : Our Reporter

The sudden death of the Sun Newspaper Correspondent in Zamfara state, Mallam Muhammad Munirat Nasir has been described as a great loss not only to his entire family and journalism profession, but to the nation at large.

Condolling the family of the deceased and entire members of the Journalists, Zamfara state Council, Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara state said he received with shock, the sudden death of Mallam Mohammed Munirat Nasir of the Correspondents Chapel of the Zamfara state Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists.

He described late Munirat Nasir as a humble, resilient and objective journalist who would be missed by the government and people of Zamfara in general and the governor in particular.

“I am aware of how Munirat had contributed his quota professionally and socially to the unity and growth of our dear state which earned him so much respect among his colleagues, the people of the state and his associates” he said.

“We will all miss him so much but as Muslims, we know that Allah knows best on every account and we must therefore submit to HIM while praying HE grants the soul of this gentle deceased rahma and accomodate him in Jannatu Firdaus” governor Bello further stated.

While  condoling with the deseased immediate family members as well as the Correspondents Chapel and the entire NUJ family, Governor Bello Matawalle also pray Allah to give all the fortitude to bear this great loss.

Late Muhammad Munirat Nasir died in Kaduna after a brief illness.

Newly elected NAWOJ exco, Zamfara Chapter
FROM SURAJO MUHAMMAD

Journalists in Zamfara state have been advised to always put the interest of Nigeria and the community they serve at the back of their mind while preparing their reports.

Governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle of Zamfara state disclosed this while addressing journalists during the inauguration of the newly elected exco members of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) Zamfara State Chapter held at UBE Training Centre, bye Pass road Gusau.

Governor Bello who was represented by the Commissioner of Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Magaji Dosara at the ceremony stated that fake news are now becoming a tools in the hand of unscrupulous politicians who make a living out of seing every opportunity to achieved political end.

According to him his administration treat Journalists with utmost respect in keeping with democratic values in addition to an open door policy that applies to people from all walks of life.

“we have had a good working relationship with media groups and Unions of Media practitioners, we have always done our best to safeguard and advance the interest of Journalists in the state”, he added.

He further stated that the relations between his administration and Journalists is an indication that the present government is in the right track and assured to maintain the  cordial relationship with the media and further engage with professional media bodies in order to achieved the desired goals of moving Zamfara state forward.

While commending the organisers of the ceremony for their tireless efforts in ensuring that formidable exco were elected for the NAWOJ state chapter Governor Bello Matawalle also appeal to working Journalists in the state for their usual support especially with regards to objective critism but not selfish or personal interest to the the state forward.

Those elected and inagurated at the ceremony are, Hajiya Salamatu Umar Abdullahi of NTA as Chairperson and Hajiya Jamila Kanoma,, Zamfara Radio,  Vice Chairperson.
Others includes, Shafa’atu Shuaibu Shinkafi of Legacy Newspaper, Treasurer, Fatima Ibrahim  Dosara of Standard Voice as Assistant  Secretary, Nabila Khamis, Financial Secretary, while  Rukayya Sallau of Zamfara Radio is to  serve as the Secretary of the association respectively.

In her inaugural speech,  the newly elected Chairperson of the National Association of Women Journalists, Zamfara state chapter, Hajya Salamatu Umar Abdullahi commended  the working Journalists, particularly the women for given them the mandates to served them.

She therefore assured members of the association new leadership commitments to work assiduously with a view to move the association forward in Zamfara state