Zamfara State Speaker Nasiru Muazu Magarya on Thursday played host to the members of Nigerian Hunters Council zamfara state branch under the leadership of its commandant Alhaji Sulaiman Lauwali Zurmi.
Magarya who described the revival of the council in the state as a welcome development, especially at the peak of the current wave of insecurity urged them to use their vast of experiences in combating crimes and criminality in the state.
According to the house Spokesperson Mustapha Jafaru Kaura, the Speaker charged them to instead of hunting for wild animals in the forest go after armed bandits who have been terrorizing the state.
He promised to link them with the state commissioner for Security as part of the efforts to enhance further collaboration in intelligence gathering.
Earlier in his remarks, the commandant of the Nigerian Hunters Council zamfara state branch Alhaji Sulaiman Lauwali Zurmi said they were at the state house of assembly complex to intimate the leadership on what the limit of their statutory function are.
While assuring the Speaker of their readiness to support the state’s objective of fighting banditry and armed bandit activities, noting that their association has a national spread with membership across the (36) states and FCT