The governors of the states in the Northwest, on Friday, came together to discuss issues affecting the region, such as insecurity, excessive use of drugs by youths, and other criminal matters.

The emergency meeting was held at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim Government House, Kaduna.

Chairman of the Northwest Governors’ Forum and Governor of Katsina State, Dr. Umar Dikko Radda, told Journalists in Saturday morning that the states have agreed to work together in tackling all the issues raised.

He said, “We just concluded our meeting and the deliberation was very fruitful.

“We had a long discussion on issues bothering challenges affecting our region and we had presentations from Northwest Development Commission, as well as the Federal Medical University, Funtua, concerning the region.

“We also discussed on issues of drug abuse in the region. We all agreed to work together on the issues raised, in order to bring the necessary development
that is needed in the region,” he added.

Earlier the host Governor, Senator Uba Sani, said they were working together to tackle the issues affecting the region, and were in close collaboration with development partners to find solutions to the issues of poverty, and unemployment, among others.