The Chairman, Nigerian Northern Senators Forum and Senator representing katsina Central, Senator Abdul Aziz Musa Yar’adua has given assurance that, the issue of banditry and kidnapping would soon be thing of the past.
Senator Yar’adua gave the assurance in Dutsinma local government area of katsina State shortly after flagging off the distribution of Ramadan package to poor and vulnerable households across the eleven wards in the area.
He said that President Bola Ahamed Tinubu, Governor Dikko Umar Radda and other governors in the north west have strategized more effort in fighting bandits and other criminals in the zone with a view to ending the menace.
Senator Yaradua also commended the efforts of President Tinubu for giving directives to the security chiefs to mobilize additional security personnel and war fighting equipments to Katsina and Zamfara states which is now yielding a positive result.
He called on the people to intensify prayers to seek divine intervention during the Holy month of Ramadan for the government to overcome the security challenges facing the state and the country in general.
According to him, government was determined to address the challenges to restore peace and stability across the troubled parts of katsina state, north-west and Nigeria in general.
Senator Yaradua who visited the troubled Local Governments and some communities ransacked by bandits symphatized with them and at the same time condoled the families of those that lost their loved ones and assured them governments at all levels would do everything possible to address the challenges.
Yaradua who launched the distribution of food items provided for poor and vulnerable households to ease their fasting and reduce the hardship occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy, used the opportunity to call on the people to pray during the Ramadan for God to intervene over the security challenges.
He described the gesture as an act of charity in keeping with the faith to support the needy and poor during the Holy month of Ramadan, without political differences.
He added that there were many factors responsible for the hardship which to include removal of fuel subsidy and banditry that did not allow farmers to access their lands to produce food.
The beneficiaries were drawn from the eleven wards that comprised the local government area of Dutsinma.
