North West Governors seek united Nations Intervention to address developmental challenges

KANO state governor Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf,has term up with his North West counterparts in an advocacy meeting with United Nations officials to sougth for intervention to address
developmental challenges been facing

According to a statement by Sanusi Bature Dawakin-Tofa, spokesperson to the Governor of Kano State, the governors pushed for a development agenda for the Northwest.

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The governors, including Uba Sani of Kaduna, Ummaru Dikko Radda of Katsina, Mohammad Namadi of Jigawa, Dauda Lawan Dare of Zamfara, and the Deputy Governor of Sokoto state, collectively sought international support to address the region’s challenges.

The statement added that they for
sought accelerated interventions from the United Nations through its agencies and volunteers to address health, education, security, agriculture, and other pressing issues.

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The meeting ,which was held in Abuja was aimed to solicit international interventions in critical areas of the economy, addressing unfolding developmental challenges in the region.

He added that ” The  first joint meeting of the North West Governors with the UN officials provided an avalanche of opportunities to relate issues on health, education, security, agriculture, and other salient matters that are overstretching the capacity of states,”

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This meeting follows a recent security symposium hosted by the US Institute of Peace, where the North West Governors were briefed on strengthening conflict prevention in the region. The three-day conference aimed to support the states in addressing insecurity in Northern Nigeria and finding better options to mitigate the challenge.

However ,the Governors was led by Katsina state Governor Ummaru Dikko Radda, has collectively agreed to nurture a regional development agenda in key areas of human endeavour, a first in the political history of the region.