29th May, 2012
Few hours after the police detonated a bomb in the state today, Kaduna State Governor, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, has reiterated his commitment to ensuring that the state is secured and habitable for citizens and investors.
Speaking at a media chat/breakfast organised by the state government to mark this year’s Democracy Day in the state, Yakowa, who identified security as the biggest challenge militating against progress of the north and the state, promised to work closely with security agencies to ensure a lasting peace in the state.
“If we secure the state and ensure unity amongst the people, I can assure everyone that development would be faster and sustained,” he said.
He also used the occasion to inform the media that he had to set up a peace and reconciliation committee to reconcile aggrieved persons as a result of the 2011 post-election violence and sectarian crises that rocked the state in the past.
By Femi Adi/Kaduna