KADUNA State governor, Senator UbaSani, has assured that the welfare and security of the Southern Kaduna people are top priorities of his administration.
He gave the assurance in Kafanchan during the closing ceremony of the three-day maiden Southern Kaduna Festival on Sunday.
The governor charged the people to use the festival to ruminate on developmental challenges facing the state and come up with better recommendations to the government for intervention.
“Ours is a listening and people-oriented administration. Your welfare and security are our top priorities. We have zero tolerance for discrimination. We shall take development to all nooks and crannies of the state.
“With your support and cooperation, we shall make Kaduna State a model for development and peaceful coexistence in Nigeria,” he said.
Governor Sani noted that the festival is an opportunity for the people to connect with their roots and forge friendships through shared experiences, music, food and dance.
“Our diversity is a source of strength and we must harness it to develop our local economies. We are one people and must never allow conflict entrepreneurs to retard our progress and development.
“Our administration will not waver in its commitment to rebuilding trust, addressing our infrastructure and human capital deficits by bringing succour to the poor and vulnerable and bridging the gap between the rural and urban areas as well as empowering the youths and women,” he added.
He assured that he had flagged off rural development drive through road constructions and electrification, stressing that the government’s strategic discussions with critical stakeholders were ongoing.
“Security is topmost in our agenda, we have strengthened our collaboration with the federal security agencies and enhanced manpower of the Kaduna State vigilante service with the recruitment of additional 7,000 personnel in order to enhance security network in the state,” he explained.
Similarly, Governor DouyeDiri of Bayelsa State, who was present at the closing ceremony in Kafanchan, said, “There is strength is our diversity. We should encourage those things that build us together rather than those things that divide us.”
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