The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to end the current insecurity facing the country.
The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo gave the assurance in Talata-Mafara, Zamfara, during a one day visit to inaugurate multi-billion Naira projects in the state.
He assured that the current security challenges will soon be over as the Federal Government was doing everything possible to tackle the menace
Osinbajo, who particularly mentioned the effort being made in Zamfara to combat criminal activities especially armed banditry, kidnapping and cattle rustling, said with the recent deployment of 1, 000 troops to the state by the federal government, most of the bandits were being neutralized.
“I want to inform you that, just yesterday, many of these criminals terrorizing our communities in Zamfara were killed by men of the Nigeria Air Force under Operation Diran Makoda.
He said the operation will continue with all the deserved seriousness until the peace we used to know is restored, “he maintained.
He said it was in order to check the issue of insecurity in the country that the federal government introduced measures that opened more employment opportunities especially to the youths so that they would be gainfully employed.
Earlier in his speech, the state governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari commended the federal government for responding to the state government’s calls to address the security challenges bedeviling the state.
Yari said his administration gave priority attention to roads construction and rehabilitation, agriculture, health care and education so as to improve security and boost the economy of the state.
The Acting President had earlier inaugurated water, roads, health and education projects worth billions of Naira which were executed by the Yari administration in the last one year.
