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ARM FOR SELF DEFENSE: GOV. MATAWALLE RE-AFFIRMS POSITION.

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9 months ago

July 2, 2022

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Governor Bello Matawalle said people should see the decision by his government for people to take arm and defend themselves as critical to ensuring a lasting peace in the state.

The Governor who stated this during the weekly preaching session in Gusau on Friday said, all the decisions taken by his government has been challenged by the people without providing option or alternative.

” We have entered into reconciliation with the bandits people said we are wrong, we have shutdown telecommunications network people said we are also wrong, now we have asked people to defend themselves and some heartless people are complaining”; what do you want us to do Matawalle asked.

He said the decision he has taken is in the overall interest of getting the security situation in Zamfara addressed.

“Someone called me to ask me to be cautious about my confrontation with the security outfits, but I replied him that, I stand by Allah the lord of the universe”.

“If it is in the cause of asking people to defend themselves I am ready for anything that may happen to my life” the Governor added.

The Governor further said since his coming onboard in 2019, the politics of Zamfara has been under intense pressure from both sides of the divides but noted that since he is into politics for the progress of the people he decided to intimate the former Governor of Zamfara and Sen. Marafa for political reconciliation.

He said with the divine intervention of God almighty they accepted the political reconciliation, and it will last for long by the special will of Allah.

He urged the people of Zamfara to intensify prayers for the sustainability of the peace process entered into with the other faction of the APC.

He urged Zamfara citizens wherever they are to help support Zamfara with prayers especially on peace and sustainable human survival.

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FMR. ZAMFARA SPEAKER SCORES (229) TO DELIVERS POLING

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5 days ago

March 18, 2023

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Former Speaker of Zamfara House of Assembly Sanusi Garba Rikiji of the APC has scored a total of (229) votes to defeat the PDP who polls (61) votes only.

His poling unit is Rumfar Galadima (013) in Gusau the capital city of Zamfara State.

As for the result of the state house of assembly in his poling units, APC scored a total of (232) to defeat the PDP who polls (51) votes.

Rikiji is currently the house of reps candidate for Gusau and Tsafe in the 2023 election, whose election was declared inclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

He is contesting the seat together with the serving members Kabiru Amadu Mai Palace, who is from the opposition PDP.

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CHAIR ZBIRS, WORKS COMMISSIONER, DELIVERS POLING UNITS

Published

5 days ago

March 18, 2023

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The Chairman of Zamfara State Board of Internal Revenue Service, Ali Akilu Dama Bungudu has also delivered his poling unit.

His party the APC scored a total (173) to defeat the PDP who scored (111) votes.

Similar votes were also recorded for both political parties at the level of State assembly elections.

Similarly, Zamfara State Commissioner for Works Rabiu Garba Gusau has delivered his poling units with a wide margin to defeat the PDP.

APC scored (96) votes to defeat the opposition People’s Democratic Party, which scored (16) votes for both the Governorship election and state assembly for Gusau (1) at his poling unit.

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SHA’AYAU S. PAWA MAFARA SCORES (502) VOTES TO DEFEAT PDP WITH ZERO VOTE.

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5 days ago

March 18, 2023

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A political ally of former Governor Yari Sha’ayau Yusuf S. Paws has defeated PDP in his Township Primary school poling unit in Talatar Marafa local government area of Zamfara State.

According to an official result sheet, the politician who is a member of All Progressives Congress (APC) scored (502) votes to defeat the PDP who scored (0) votes.

The politician has made history since 2015 by maintaining the only poling units which opposition party has never won a single vote during election.

He repeated the same history during the 2023 Presidential and national assembly elections conducted three weeks back, when PDP failed to score a single vote.