The Patriots for the Advancement of Peace and Social Development (PAPSD) have been talking about the state of emergency in Zamfara, calling it all sorts of names like “politically motivated, ill-conceived, unwarranted, unpatriotic and unconstitutional”. The Executive Director, Dr Sani Shinkafi, thinks it’s a big conspiracy to mess up Zamfara. He’s not happy about the whole situation and thinks it’s meant to cause chaos and mess up all the progress Gov. Dauda Lawal has been making in turning Zamfara into an industrial state.
Dr Shinkafi is not a fan of the people pushing for protests in Zamfara like they did in Rivers. He doesn’t think the two situations are the same at all. He’s all about following the rules laid out in the constitution for getting rid of a governor if needed. And he’s pretty sure Zamfara doesn’t need a state of emergency because it’s not like they’re in a war zone or anything.
He’s pretty proud of how much better things are in Zamfara now compared to before. Sure, there are some old videos and pictures of attacks floating around on social media, but Dr Shinkafi thinks those are just meant to stir up trouble and take away from Gov. Lawal’s good work. He’s also not thrilled that governors like Lawal can’t just call up security agents whenever there’s trouble. He thinks they should have more power to handle security issues in their states.
Dr Shinkafi is hoping that President Bola Tinubu and the military can step in and fix things up like they did before. He’s giving a big shoutout to the military folks for all their hard work and wants the government to give them more support and better weapons to take down the bad guys. He’s also suggesting that Gov. Lawal should get everyone together for a big security meeting with all the important people in Zamfara. He thinks this will help keep everyone safe and stop any more security problems like the one in Kaura Namoda.
The PAPSD is also pushing the Zamfara State House of Assembly to sort out the issues with the nine suspended members so they can get back to work. Dr Shinkafi believes in solving problems in a political way and moving forward as a state. He thinks it’s important for everyone to work together and make things better for Zamfara.
So, that’s the latest from PAPSD on the whole state of emergency drama in Zamfara. Let’s see what happens next.
