Governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle who visited the President on Friday at the Presidential villa Abuja informed him that after the disbandment of the SARS he has lost 22 people to armed bandit activities in Talatar Mafara and calls for deployment of more security personals to secure the territory of Zamfara State.
He also said part of the reasons for his visit was to informed the President that, he needed the support of the Federal Government in fighting the menace of the activities of foreign illegal miners in the state.
He said he was more concerned about the influx of the foreigners in to the state for illegal mining activities whic according to him constitute a big economic loss to the state and country as a whole.
Matawalle said he has issued his commendation to the federal government for taking pro-active steps to securing the state borders from influx of foreign illegal miners whic he noted had helped a lot in minimizing insecurity in the state but stressing that more need to be done in that direction.
The Governor said the President outrightly instructed the Chief of Staff Prof. Gambari to reach out to relevant stakeholders and ensure that more security personals have been deployed to Zamfara state.
He also said the the President ordered the National Security Adviser to set up a Special Tsakforce committee to monitor the activities of the foreign illegal miners and make sure that the ban on illegal mining activities in Zamfara state remains enforced.
He also said the President had emphasized that the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel is working hard to come up with a workable template that will be used in providing a sense of direction for how the state and federal government will benefit from the untapped solid minerals deposit of the state.
