Qur’an ‘ll be my guide – new Zamfara Gov

Posted by admin Governors, Headlines, State News, Zamfara Monday, May 30th, 2011

The new Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar has sworn that the Holy Qur’an would be his guide in administering the state, even as the former governor, Mamuda Aliyu Shinkafi left over N40billion debts and asked for forgiveness of any wrong done during his tenure in the state.

Abubakar, who spoke during the inauguration ceremony in Gusau, disclosed that he would do his best to ensure that shari’ah implementation was revived in the state.
“I swear by the Holy Qur’an to serve you , I know the implications of the oath of Allah which I took to serve you.”
According to him, he promised to restore the shari’ah system which was abandoned by the former administration in the state.
Speaking further , the new Zamfara governor attributed his victory to the cooperation he enjoyed from the opposition parties, particularly the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), which he described as agents of change in the state.
He maintained that the former governor, Mamuda Aliyu Shinkafi left the state with debts amounting to over N40 billion both from banks and contractors.

He promised to continue giving the necessary assistance and encouragement to the education and agricultural sectors to ensure that the sectors received boost during his administration in the state. “I will like to assure you that in our effort to boost education and bail out our children from educational disadvantage, I will provide free education to all children in the state.”

Abubakar also assured that in his effort to revive agriculture in the state and coupled with promises he under took during his campaign tour, “by next week, I will flag-off fertilizer sales in the state ,which I promised to sell at the rate of N1000 per bag to all farmers in the state.”

Meanwhile, the former governor, Mamuda Shinkafi has apologised and sought for forgiveness for any wrong he might have done to anybody during his administration in the state.The former governor, who spoke to newsmen few hours to the inauguration ceremony at his personal residence in Gusau, announced the sack of his..

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