Governor Dauda Lawal has reiterated his administration’s commitment to supporting the Zamfara State Security Trust Fund.
A former Inspector-General of Police, MD Abubakar, is Chairman of the Fund.
During the commissioning ceremony in Gusau, the state capital, Lawal urged other states to establish similar funds, harmonize plans and foster a regional approach to security issues, according to a statement on Saturday by theb Governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris.
According to the statement, the work done to bring the office complex up to standard exemplifies the Board of Trustees’ efficiency and commitment to fulfilling their mandate.
The Governor said: “As the Security Trust Fund settles into a structured environment to work, I urge collaboration with similar funds being set up by other states in our region. Together, we are stronger.
“The Fund has so much to do as it gets to work. An added area of focus for the Fund should also be the desensitization of our children and youth from the mind-set of living in times of conflict and the simmering ethnic profiling that has sadly reared its head in some communities as a resultant effect of banditry. This is necessary for meaningful development to be sustained.
He added: “Under the able and capable leadership of the Fund’s Chairman, IGP M.D Abubakar (rtd) and other eminent members of the Board of Trustees, we look to your collective and purposeful impact on the lives of our people as you all have always done throughout your personal and professional lives.
“We place that trust in you, for we know you all have the shoulders to carry such a burden and thank you for your service and duty to your home state.
“A recurring decimal in my interactions wherever I go when these pockets of attacks happen is the commendable efforts of the Community Protection Guards that we have just formed in mitigating the severity and in search and rescue.
“We intend to continue our efforts at community engagement, continuous sensitization and ensuring adherence to the rules of justice, fairness and the code of conduct that all CPG members have sworn to.”
