By Abdulwaheed Olayinka Adubi, Kaduna
The Special Adviser, Directorate on Bilateral and Motilateral Affairs to Zamfara state Governor, Dr. Suleiman Shuaibu Shinkarfi, has disclosed that Governor, Bello Mohammed Matawalle, has performed excellently well despited the inherited crisis in the state.
Shinkarfi made this disclosure in an exclusive interview with Money Central at the weekend in Kaduna, where he also said that the Governor is fighting many forces in the state.
He said that upon assumption of office, the Governor inherited a lot of crisis, ranging from security, economic, ritualist, political, amongst other crisis in the state.
While speaking, Shinkarfi explained that despite the challenges, the Governor has been focusing, and ensuring that the people of the state are enjoying the dividends of democracy.
Though, he admitted that the state is still facing security challenges, explaining that since the emergence of Matawalle, the lives of the people in state has improved in all endeavours.
According to him, the policies of Matawalle’s administration has impacted on the economic status of the state; creating a better future for the people and the state at large.
” Despite the challenges, the Governor was able to build a Cargo Airport and Schools across the 14 Local Government Area of the state . It is also on record that the Governor has built Hospitals, roads amongst other infrastructural projects that have direct bearing on the lives of the people.
” Matawalle is a prudent leader that could be best describe as a manager of resources. A man who knows the problem of the state and he is confroting them one after the other in the interest of the people of the state.”
Shinkarfi therefore urged the Federal Government to assist the state by a way of providing additional funds to tackle the security challenges in the state.