Zamfara Needs Constructive Opposition For The Betterment Of The State

By Ubaidullah Y. Kaura

Ideally, a constructive opposition would emphasize more on discussion, ask more questions, resolution of problems faced, help in amendments and passage of important bills.

Also unite with ruling govt on issues of national or state interests. Without constructive opposition our beloved state is dying, on the other hand, government can long be secure without a formidable opposition.
At the same time, opposition must warn or bring in focus issues that govt is not addressing effectively at its level.

Zamfara state need a strong and constructive opposition to only complements democracy. In the event of a weaker opposition, ruling govt and its representatives may become complacent and insensitive for duration of their rule as we are witnessing currently in Zamfara State.
But let's avoid disruptive opposition in the sense that we are opposing everything for the sake of opposing - is not good for democracy and tax-payers.

The current opposition in Zamfara state is nearly dead nothing shows officially and open that there's existing of opposition parties in Zamfara state.
What do you expect in the state where the oppositions are set to be quit in anything concerning the development, implementations, forward need and backwards need of the state.

I pity for Zamfara where the opposition parties act like non,acts incapacitated the government officials are operating state systems like their toilets but nobody's calling their attention to order.

Even a meaningful advice from serious opposition is lost, what types of democracy are we operating in the state. Without an opposition party , the people can be forced into frustration in the long run if their will is not being reflected.

The activities of the opposition parties in the state is worrisome, they act like want to remaining in the dying line of opposition forever.
Unfortunately, opposition parties in the state are doing nothing but creating factions, crisis in their own territory rather than to face the serious challenges ahead of them in their future.

As we hoping opposition party to be the next ruling party in the state come 2019, so as to strengthen our democracy and make life more abundant for our long suffering people. So we must watch our actions, we must work hand in hand with all party members because whatever we have achieved as the voice of the opposition could not have been possible without the support of all party members.

God bless Zamfara state all the time.

By Ubaidullah Yahaya kaura. (Blogger)

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WAEC/NECO : ASHE LAIFIN BA NA GWAMNA BA NE KAWAI

Daga Ibrahim Bello Gusau IBG

Hausawa dai na cewa "in bera da sata, daddawa ma da wari" amma akasarin masu rubuce rubuce akan matsalar WAEC/NECO a jahar zamfara sun kuskure  ma wannan karin maganar ta hausawa, wanda hakan yassa duk rubuce rubucen su akan matsalolin kin biyan WAEC da NECO, sunka karkata a wuri daya.

A wani bincike dana gudanar a matsayin dai daga cikin manyan dalilan da sunka zama na  gaba-gaba wurin kawo cikas akan kin biyan WAEC da NECO akan lokaci, wanda da yawa daga cikin masu rubuce rubuce sunka manta ko basu zurfafa bincike akai ba, shine wata almundahana da shugabannin makarantun  gaba da sekandari (Principals)  hadin guiwa da jami'an kula da jarabawowi (exams officers) na makarantun ke yi, na yin aringizo wurin baiwa ma'aikatar ilimi hakikanin adadin yawan dalibban da zasu rubuta jarabawa daga kowace makaranta kuma a kowace shekara.

Sanan nen abu ne a wurin kowa cewa dalibbai wa'yanda ba yan cikin makaranta ba, wato (external students), basu cikin wa'yanda dokar gwamnati da dokar ma'aikatar ilimi ta jaha sunka aminta da abiyawa kuddin jarabawa.

Adadin yawan irin wadan nan dalibban da ake kira external students,a wani lokaci, su kan kusa zarta adadin yawan dalibbai yan cikin makaranta (internal students) yawa, ta yadda hakan ke kawo ma gwamnati cikas wajen biyan kudaden WAEC da NECO akan kari. Zaka samu a makaranta daya akwai dalibbai yan cikin makaranta (internal students) dake shirin rubuta jarabawa wa'yanda adadin su ba zai wuce 250 zuwa 300 ba (a matsayin misali) amma idan anka hada da dalibban cuwa-cuwa sai kaga adadin ya kai 600 zuwa 700 (ya danganta da girma ko yawan makaranta) kuma a haka za a turama gwamnati da list din su domin biya masu kuddin jarabawa.

Wadan nan dalibbai (external students) su kan biya kuddi daga #5,000 zuwa #5,500, wani lokacin ma har #6,000 ko #7,000 ta hannun jami'an kula da shirya jarabawa (exams officers) kuma duk wadan nan kudaden da wadan nan dalibban (external students) ke biya suna zuwa ne cikin aljihun/aljihwan shugabannin wadan nan makarantu hadin guiwa da jami'an shirya jarabawa (exams officers) amma ba a aljihun gwamnati ba, wanda hakan ya taimaka matuka ainun wajen gurgunta kokarin gwamnati na biyan WAEC da NECO akan kari babu tsaiko.

A wani yunkuri da tayyi a shekarar data gabata, gabanin rubuta WAEC da NECO ta shekarar 2016, Ma'aikatar ilimi ta jahar zamfara ta kafa wani kwamiti da zai zagaya dukkan makarantun gaba da pramare  dake jahar nan domin kididdige hakikanin adadin yawan dalibban da zasu rubuta jarabawa wa'yanda doka ta aminta da su a matsayin dai daga cikin matakan ragema gwamnati nauye-nauyen biyan kuddin jarabawar dalibbai, amma ga dukkan alamu aikin wannan kwamiti baiyi nasara ba, kasancewa akwai zarge-zarge dake tasowa cewa akwai wasu jami'an ma'aikatar ilimi da ake kashe-mu-raba da su na wadan nan kudade da shugabannin makarantun sekandari ke karba a hannun wadan nan dalibbai ta yadda hakan ya gurgunta aikin kwamitin ba tare da samun wani kyakykyawan sakamako ba.

Idan ya kamata ace gwamnati na biyan kuddin WAEC da NECO da basu wuce #400m ko #500m ba (a matsayin misali), sai kasamu gwamnati na kashe zunzurutun kuddi har #800m ko #1bn (a matsayin misali) a duk shekara inda gwamnati ke hasarar #400m zuwa #500m a kowace shekara (a matsayin misali), duk a sanadiyyar cuwa-cuwar shugabannin makarantun sekandari da abokanin tarayyar su.

Irin wannan halayyar tasu, ta taimaka matuka ainun wajen gurgunta cigaban ilimin matasan jahar zamfara har anka wayi gari al'umma duk sun tattara, sun jibgama gwamnati da mai girma gwamna duk wadan nan laifuffukan ba tare da la'akari da abun da munka ambata ba.

Wata makida da wadan nan shugabannin makarantun keyi itace ; a duk lokacin da kwamitin ma'aikatar ilimi zai ziyarci makarantun su domin kididdige yawan dalibbai, zasu kwaso dalibbai yan aji 4 (SS 1), da yan aji 5 (SS 2) su hadasu da dalibbai yan aji 6 (SS 3) domin rikita yan kwamitin, ba tare da sun gano komai ba balantana su san hakikanin adadin yawan wadan nan dalibban.

SHAWARA

Ina baiwa ma'aikatar ilimi da gwamnati jahar zamfara karkashin jagorancin *Hon. (Dr). Abdul'aziz Yari Abubakar (Shattiman Zamfara)* shawara akan kafa wani tsayayyen kwamiti na musamman wanda zai dinga zagayawa a wadan nan makarantu a kowace shekara domin kididdige hakikanin yawan dalibban daya kamata gwamnati ta dinga biyawa kuddin jarabawa ba tare da samun dogon jinkiri ba.

Da fatar Allah yasa wadan da abun ya shafa su duba domin samun cigaban ilimin matasan mu cikin sauri da kuma samun cigaban jahar mu ta zamfara , cigaba mai dorewa.

Written and Compiled by

Ibrahim Bello Gusau Ibg
Zamfara State APC Social Media Organisation (ZASMO).

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MY ADVICE TO THE COMMITTEE CONSTITUTED TO ADRESS THE ISSUE OF MASS FAILURE (SSSCE) IN ZAMFARA STATE

By Ahmad Alzamfari

It is a welcoming improvement, that  Zamfara state government  has constituted seven man committee to address the issue of mass failure on  senior secondry schools certifate examinations (SSSCE). It atleast shows the government readiness to bring back life of education that has died for long.

I believe I am too young to advice this committee on this issue, most expecially knowing that the committee has great personalities that can exercise this great duty and also bring  this issue to history. With all this,  I deemed it imperative to put my contribution as somebody who wrote these papers in not more than seven years ago.

I will strict myself on what appeared in the government house press release signed by Mr. Aminu Ibrahim Gusau, Director  Press Affairs, Government House Gusau., that reads “ Also the committee would be meeting with all relevant stakeholders and provide modalities for employment of professional teachers to curve the excess of examination failure by Zamfara students . …).

Zamfara state Alhmdulilah has considerable number of professional teachers  that have passion for teaching who can take care of that . But the problems are;

How to retain them. if I can recall  at my school we lost many highly qualified teachers that  left for guicy works to be well able to sustain their families. They were taking us very sensitive subjects which include: English, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics and others. I believe uptill to now, that school has not gotten their rightful substitute.

Laboratories are not well equipped. There are some schools in Gusau which is the capital where their students cannot defferenciate between laboratories from libraries, and they are science students with ambition to read Engineering, Medicines, Enviromental Design courses. etc.

These and many others are part of what I think are necessary for the committee to consider.

MAY Allah bring this to an end, bless Zamfara state students, it citizens and the government. Also this write up is wishing this committee success in their duty.

THANKS.
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AHMAD MUHAMMAD
17/10/2017

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ZAMFARA 2019: THE BATTLE LINE

By Muhammad Aliyu Alkali

Agitators , hopeful aspirants,wishful thinkers and Dreamers. That what it takes others into the stream of leadership struggle blindly and unknowingly of the context politics. Others lack grassroots mobilization, some lack home advantages yet yawning for leadership.

Some politicians doesn't accept fate as frame of life but dabble into serious political war or in a do or die affair,until when  time is too short for alternative road to them.

Expression of interest by some aspirants indirectly or directly, just as usual in politics others may victims of circumstances.

Harmonization of leadership is what  we expected to happen comes 2019 with competency to avoid dabbling into another serious leadership trauma.

As all known we have  3 senatorial zones in the state, Central, west and the north. The western zone have enjoyed the state leadership by presenting two governors while the northern zone presented one and the central zone are expecting to be the next turn.

As youth and the future generation we should not fold our arms and allow ourselves to be driven into another steams of  hardship and frustrations.

We must screen and scrutinize those to elect in any political offices in our state, disregarding financial admirations or prestige after all it is part of our command  resources.

The truth remain we must eliminate leadership monopoly in our state and God*fatherism.

Muhamad Aliyu Alkali
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ZAMFARA LABOUR FRACAS: THE INSIDE STORY (1)

By Salis Muhammad Moriki

Employer/Employee dispute can never be addressed one and for all, as the employee keeps demanding and the employer keeps rejecting. That is the practice since after the evolution and advancement of human development from the primitive, subsistence and trade by barter eras to this stage. In fact, what brought about the European industrial revolution of 1844 was the employee/employer relationship.

Virtually there's no government in the history of Nigeria's corporate existence that didn't experience fracas with the Labour unions. In fact, this continuous clash of interests between the government and Nigeria Labour Unions was what resulted into the creation of multiple trade union centres, through the amendment of the Trade Union act by former president Olusegun Obasanjo's administration to break the monopoly of the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC. There are now three Labour centres: NLC, TUC, and ULC. All these, with a view  to reducing the power and influence of the congress.

This uncordial relationship cuts across all the states of the federation. There's no year, one state Labour Union would not embark in industrial action, accusing the state government concerned for not honouring its agreement while in the other hand, the government blaming the union for being ingrate, self-centered and always in defence of workers even if engaged in corrupt and controversial practices.

Zamfara state has been recently in the news for many reasons. Obviously, its governor is the most widely criticised among his peers in the country, not because he's the worst performing governor, but, to me, he lacks competent PR management to publicise and defend his policies, and also enlighten the members of the public about the activities of the government. One of the recently discussed issue in the state is the labour and government misunderstanding, which led to industrial action carried out by the NLC/TUC in the state. The bone of contention is the minimum wage implementation, proper placement and other conditions of service the labour unions are demanding. The labour congress claimed that the government of Abdulazeez Yari Abubakar refuses to implement the minimum wage after it has been passed into law years back.

If I could remember, this fracas started immediately after the inception of Abdulazeez Abubakar Yari when he suspended the hundreds of workers employed by the immediate passed administration of Mahmud Aliyu Shinkafi on the eve of leaving office. Of course, no government in Nigeria's context, north in particular, would survive such irregular employment of such number of staff on the first day of its life circle. That's why the then new administration of Zamfara state on inception, relieved the newly employed workers.

While it is a right for every employee to demand for his lawful renumeration, the previous governments have contributed to the problems the present administration is facing with labour unions in the state when they kept employing workers beyond the financial and economic capacity of the government just to satisfy their political aggrandisement without considering the negative economic repercussion to the system. This, has further deteriorated the situation to the extent that most of the states in the federation couldn't pay, not only minimum wage, but even the normal renumeration.

In Zamfara state, there's a total of twenty eight thousand (28, 000) workers on the pay roll of the state government, and investigation revealed that more than seven thousand out of this number are ghost workers and larger percentage redundant. Another compounding problem is the rising number of pensioners while the active civil servants number is not decreasing. Since 2011, nobody dies, retires or resigns from the service. This is an indication that retiring and dying workers are illegally replaced or their names retained in the payroll by unscrupulous civil servants, whom the labour unions are fighting for. Despite this trend, the state government has not, for once, unable to pay salary to this workers as well as pension to pensioners, in spite of the vicious economic recession the country found itself.

One may not be able to understand why the government has not been able to implement the widely pronounced minimum wage and able to pay salary and pension as at when due if he perceives the issue from a subjective as well as one-sided angle. For every government, not only Zamfara state, to be able to have smooth payment of salary, at the same time meet other constitutional obligations to the generality of its citizenry, it is pertinent to get rid of ghost, as well as unqualified workers. But Its attempt to independently verify the workforce was not supported by the labour unions directly and / or indirectly, according to many observers.

Government, being the sole employer of labour in the state, with very meager internally generated revenue, cannot implement the minimum wage fully without reducing more than half of its workforce. And the repercussion of downsizing the workforce will be negatively high as most people rely on government work to survive. I believe no patriotic indigene of Zamfara would pray for that exercise because of its disastrous implications. But verification to get rid of ghost workers is eminent and has to be supported by all and sundry, especially the labour unions in order the government to meet the demands of labour and in return, the workers reciprocate what's expected from them.

After the inception of the Yari's administration, a committee under professor Tukur Adamu Mafara was set up to look into the education sector of the state. The report of the committee indicated that one - third of teachers don't have the requisite qualification to teach, one - third have the qualification but cannot teach, while the remaining one-third have the qualification and can properly teach. Instead of disengaging the affected teachers, as Kaduna state government intends to do, the administration gave them time to acquire and undergo proper training without suspending their pay. This is what led to the establishment of teachers training centre. But up till now, the situation remains the same.

In comparison, states like Kaduna, with a population of more than 6 million, 23 local government areas and more than 17 billion annual internally generated revenue has a total number of 41,000 workers as its staff strength, made up of 23,000 state workers and 18,000 Local Government workers, excluding teachers. While Zamfara state with just a population of 3.2 million, 14 local governments and less than 4 billion annual internally generated revenue, has a staff strength of 44,000, made up of twenty eight thousand (28,000) state workers and sixteen thousand (16,000) local governments workers, excluding teachers. There are more than 5,000 people in the payroll of ministry for religious affairs alone, and the government house has more than 700 staff working there, more than the entire number of staff working in Kaduna North Local Government in Kaduna state. You can now compare and contrast the load and probability of salary payment. Due to the high debt profile accumulated by the past and present administrations in payment of staff salaries and other commitments, more than 2/3 of the bail outs released to the state from the Federal Government, was said to have been withheld by Banks as part of repayments of the back log of the loans.

It was widely publicised that there are only 23 medical doctors in Zamfara state. But during their tour in the state, the MNCH 2 team paid a courtesy call to the governor in which the leader, in the presence of commissioner of health, Chairman, Medical Management Board and other health ministry staff, made this complaint to him that in their available records, there are 35 medical doctors in the state and this sounds discouraging for medical sector. It was said that the governor was surprised and told the visiting team that in his record, he has 100 medical doctors in his payroll and the commissioner of health can bear him witness. What does this entail? The government pays for the service it doesn't receive. The government needs to fish out these unscrupulous elements pocketing millions of naira as salary of ghost workers  with the help of labour unions in the state.

With this multi dimensional negative terrain, it will be absolutely unlikely for every government to operate smoothly, unless, with the assistance of the stakeholders, like Labour unions coming together to find a lasting solution. I expect the labour unions to join hands together with the government in order to see light at the end of the tunnel. It should be known that an employee's loyalty first lies with the employer, and he is obligated to ensure the survival of the work place, if he is to enjoy his rights and privileges. It is incumbent on all and sundry to ensure that only genuine workforce exist in the payroll of the state if the minimum wage is to be properly implemented.

-Salis Muhammad Moriki
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ZAMFARA IS ONE OF NIGERIA’S MOST VIABLE STATES – YARI

Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, and Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Abubakar Yari, says all states in Nigeria are viable though yet to tap their full potentials. He justifies states’ plan to take over federal roads and jointly run them with the private sector. ABDULLAHI M. GULLOMA brings excerpts.

We have over 20 ginning companies all over Zamfara ginning cottons. We are the biggest cotton producing state in the country followed by Gombe. We have the human resources and the technology to improve and increase cotton production

How will you appraise President Buhari’s UN outing?
I can tell you that his outing was very successful. We all know that Mr. President was away on medical vacation for more than 100 days but on his return, he insisted on meeting with his colleagues on the global stage in order to interact and address outstanding issues affecting our country.
At the general debate where he highlighted the issues concerning Nigeria bothering on security, our economy, he frowned at so many decisions that have been taken that were not implemented by member states. At the bilateral meetings too he did not disappoint. He pushed for the Palestine State side by side the State of Israel. He recalled that the decision was taken in 1967 but has not been implemented.

The President also used the opportunity to thank world leaders and friends of Nigeria that have contributed immensely to the fight against Boko Haram, especially Niger, Chad, Cameroon for their support against terrorism. He also thanked United Kingdom, the United States, France, Germany and others for supporting the fight against terrorism by supplying intelligence, equipment, training the military among others.
He also called for more support from global leaders to bring Boko Haram to an end. The President also raised the alarm on the issue of Lake Chad Basin where over 30 million people along the Basin and Central Africa Republic are at risk if the Lake dries up. He said the economic activities of the people on that region are at risk. He said if the Lake is charged, it will boost the economic life of the people who are mainly farmers and fishermen.

The present administration has been accused of not doing much on the issue on infrastructure. What’s your reaction?
Most Nigerians, maybe due to lack of exposure or sheer ignorance of happenings on the global scene, are asking for things that are not even possible.
For instance, during our last National Economic Council (NEC) meeting, the Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, noted that Nigerians are looking for infrastructural development at a time the price of oil has nosedived, which was the case when oil was selling at above $100 per barrel. State governors are looking for bailout to pay salaries and to attend to other important state projects. Governors are asking for refund of money used to fix federal government roads and other federal infrastructures, all these at a time the nation’s resources are dwindling.
Oil price today is half of what it used to be and quite frankly we don’t have to play politics because what the current administration met on ground was not enough to even stabilize itself not to talk of addressing all these challenges facing us today.
The Buhari administration is not ready to lose focus on where it is going. It is bent on fighting corruption to a standstill, tackling insecurity and reviving the economy and making it attractive to global investors. So the government is doing its best.
Nigeria is just 57 years and so it is not possible for us to copy directly and replicate here what is happening in advanced democracies. Our culture is different. Government is the head and the people are the body and the people are meant to help the government which is the head succeed.

In view of this, why are governors clamouring for federal roads to be handed over to them to fix while equally asking for bailout?
The governors are not saying we are going to build the roads with our meager resources, but we want to go into collaboration with the private sector. Globally, things are done through collaboration. We are going to engage investors, who are ready to dualise the roads, toll it and recoup their monies from motorists plying those roads.
The federal government has seen reason in our suggestion and has agreed for us to sit down and draw up modalities on how we are going to go about it. Our roads are terrible. Even in the well established economies, you don’t find government building roads, whatever bridge or road you see there, it is in collaboration with private investors, which we also intend to do.
All the roads in Nigeria today are free of charge, even the largest economy in the world, which is the United States, roads are not free of charge. In the US, on every 100 kilometres people pay toll, nobody plies the road free, every cent you pay is used for maintenance of the roads.
So we are saying we can invite investors to come partner with us, fix our roads and recoup their investments through tolling, these are practical steps that will make providing of good roads possible. Government had a bad experience when it built road and wanted to put toll gates which was resisted, that is why we are where we are today. So this is what the state governors are saying.

Some Nigerians are concerned that most states in the country are not viable. What are the governors doing to change the situation?
There is no state that is not viable. We are blessed in this country. Let me tell you in Zamfara State, I’m even thinking that we should stop taking money from the federation account. Let’s face our internal economy and see what we can do, and I believe we can do it.
A state of over 4 million people, I can tell you authoritatively that less than one per cent of them are paying their taxes. If four million of us can pay our taxes or even two million of us because it is believed the four million includes women and children, you will see the difference.
We have relied so much on our oil and we thank God that the warning has been sent that in the next 10 years, oil is not going to be a commodity you can rely on, so we have to find alternative means of getting more monies to develop our states for the betterment of our people.
India has said by 2030 they will not used injector but calibrator vehicles, they will stop using fuel. They are sending us a signal that we are going to stop buying your oil. So if they stop buying our oil, what will we then do with it? Eventually it will be just for domestic consumption and no longer foreign currency earner. So, this is the time for us as a nation to live 100 per cent on the thousands of resources that God has blessed us with.

Using Zamfara as example what steps are you taking to improve your internally generated revenue?
In the early 60s Zamfara had commodities it was viable in. Eighty per cent of the tobacco exported out of this country is from Zamfara State, there is what is called Britain Cotton Gin (BCG). Right now, we have over 20 ginning companies all over Zamfara ginning cottons. We are the biggest cotton producing state in the country followed by Gombe. We have the human resources and the technology to improve and increase cotton production.
The Republic of Benin our next door neighbour’s total population is 7 million people. It is not up to that of Sokoto and Kebbi states, but what do they rely on? Cotton export! So, why shouldn’t we do the same?

Governors have been accused of spending the bailout funds on frivolous and irrelevant things. How do you react to this?
Even the President is being lashed at daily but does it mean the things they are saying about him are true? People keep referring to bailout funds, how much is it really? For instance, in Zamfara State, we got N10 billion and that of the Paris Club refund is about N15 billion. Why are people fixated on these two items?
Since I became a governor about N300 billion has come to the state. You cannot just come out of nowhere and accused governors are mismanaging funds. A person manages N3 billion monthly and sometimes N7 billion when things improve, how can such person mismanages funds? There are laws governing our management of funds. Any money that was approved by the state assembles you cannot say such funds were mismanaged and I don’t think governor that has spent money outside the budget.
Recently in Zamfara State, we awarded a contract for the dualisation of a road and the bypass and somebody started talking nonsense. According to him, that money should have been channelled into building a State University. That is his own opinion and he has the right and freedom to talk. But he is not considering the implications of building a university. The extra overhead charges of employing those who will manage the university who is going to bear the brunt? It’s not only about bringing the infrastructure down there is about sustainability. For me, I prioritize projects based on the needs of the people.

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13/10/2017

I HAVE TO THANK THE GOVERNMENT OF MY STATE

By Salis Muhammad Moriki

It is only in Nigeria, Zamfara state in particular, you see government deliberately playing with the future of its citizens. For good four consecutive years, the state government deliberately refuses to pay WAEC/NECO fees for its students to see and use their results secure admissions into various tertiary institutions we have in this country.

The state is already four years educationally backward among its contemporaries despite being in the list of educationally disadvantaged states. In fact, the state always comes last or second to the last in all the examinations bodies charts, even behind war devastated states like Borno and Yobe due to the lackadaisical and nonchalant approach towards the sector by those in authority because their wards never attend public schools.

At present, Zamfara state is the least represented in the federal civil service with less than 600 people, in spite of population above 4 million. Representation in the federal civil service and other DAs goes hand in hand with the level of education of your people. If things continue going this way, in few years to come, even NYSC authority would find no one from Zamfara to perform the service, because no student from the state graduates from any of the universities or polytechnics we have. This is not to talk of filling our quota by other states, as already being practiced in many of the MDAs. I think this policy should be wiped out to allow parents (those who can afford) to pay examinations fees for their children since the government cannot continue with it.

Now that our people are living at more than 90% poverty level according to UN survey, and we are not among the 13 states mentioned and thanked by the president for their giant strides in agricultural revolution, at the same time, none of our students from public schools will secure admission into tertiary institutions in four consecutive years for failure of government to pay for their exams fees, we are gradually becoming parasite in the contemporary Nigerian corporate existence.

Thank you my government.

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THE NEMESIS OF ZAMFARA HARDSHIPS

By Muhammad Aliyu Alkali

Zamfara my state, your state and our state what goes wrong? Leadership errors, nemesis that beget many hardships?

Politics of God Fatherism and who is to who, the instituting of candidate with incompetency into various elective post contribute in many leadership failures.

The present predicaments and escalating problems of poverty and hardships in the state beyond one imagination then who is responsible? The electorate, The politicians or Traditional rulers or the state elite?

The answer to my puzzling questions remain subject to many interpretation . SILENCE IS NOT GOLDEN with reference to Hon Takori Gummi letter to HE Yariman Bakura. The bitter truth and the momentum of the letter prove the integrity of the writer and his commitment not necessarily bent on politics.

The clamour for change as far back 2011, the blind choice, the battle to eliminate the incumbency, the desire for greener posture and the eventuality that lead to many disappointments. The reward of labour is wages, seems quite appropriate as the equation is balance. Those who voted for change have got the change.

The difficulties of Today will became a history tomorrow insha Allah.

"In each and every hardships there is relief".( Alquran.)

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