Governor of Gombe State and Chairman of the Northern States Governors’ Forum, Muhammadu Yahaya, on Wednesday said the establishment of the Northern Nigeria Security Trust Fund marked a decisive step by the 19 northern governors to confront the region’s worsening security crisis.
Speaking at the meeting of the Northern States Governors’ Forum and the inauguration of the Board of Trustees of the Northern Nigeria Security Trust Fund in Kaduna, Yahaya said insecurity had continued to threaten peace, livelihoods and development across the North.
This was contained in a statement sent to our correspondent by the Director-General of Press Affairs, Gombe Government House, Ismaila Misilli.
He said, “Today marks a significant milestone in our collective effort to confront one of the most serious challenges facing Northern Nigeria: the challenge of insecurity.”
According to him, “Across the North, in every state, the threats posed by banditry, terrorism, kidnapping, drug abuse and other forms of criminality have continued to undermine peaceful coexistence, disrupt livelihoods and weaken social cohesion, thereby slowing down the pace of development in our great region.”
