Vice President Kashim Shettima has maintained that poor governance has a “direct bearing” on banditry and kidnappings experienced in the northwest region.
The Vice President stated this while receiving the Coalition of Northern States’ Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture, CONSCCIMA, led by its President, Malam Dalhatu Abubakar, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
According to him, it is imperative for the North to embark on the re-strategizing and re-engineering of the region in order to reposition it for accelerated development.
”We have to go back to the drawing board, re-assess the state of affairs in the North and come up with robust platforms for re-engineering our society.”
The Vice President further noted that development cannot exist without peace, and likewise, peace and stability cannot thrive without development. Hence, the Federal Government’s initiative to tackle the security and economic challenges in the North is underway.
”The Pulaku initiative is a robust solution towards addressing the challenges in the North-West.
“It is a solution aimed at addressing the challenges of banditry, kidnapping and the situation in the North-West which cannot be divorced from the issue of governance.
“Poor governance has a direct bearing on what we are harvesting in the North-West,” he said.
Meanwhile, he commended CONSCCIMA leadership for its commitment to the development of the North through various industrial projects.
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