The governor of Gombe, Inuwa Yahaya says President Bola Tinubu is determined to do his best to rescue Nigeria out of the current situation and catch up with the developed world.
Yahaya made this comment whilst speaking with State House correspondents on Friday, afterwards his meeting with the President.
The governor said he was at the State House to see the President on the recent developments in the country, particularly the economy concerning food security.
“Our engagement was very robust. We talked about all the issues, and I am convinced that Mr President is ready and has been doing his best,” he said.
Yahaya mentioned that Gombe was fighting insecurity to guarantee an increase in agricultural production.
“We have been doing a lot with regards to insecurity; it is unfortunate that the whole country, particularly the northeast, has suffered for 15 years with Boko Haram, insurgency, and displacement of people,” the governor lamented.
The governor said, luckily, Gombe was not among those front-line states.
“We have been doing a lot in order to ensure there is security for lives and property in Gombe, and the security agencies have been very supportive.
“We are relatively secure, and we will continue to pursue and ensure that there is full security for lives and property in Gombe State.
“We will collaborate with our brothers in the neighbouring states in the northeast subregion and the wider north.
“We will ensure that we are our brothers’ keepers until security is restored to normalcy, knowing fully well that insecurity is the cause of the current food crisis that we have in the country.”
Governor Yahaya revealed that his recent trip to Morocco was to deepen and widen the economic and diplomatic relationship between Morocco and Nigeria, especially Gombe State.
According to Yahaya, Gombe State is an agrarian state with nearly 75 to 80 per cent of its population engaged in either livestock or crop production, and Morocco has succeeded in developing both livestock and crop production.
“So, we decided to go there and see how we can partner with them and ensure that our own state and, indeed, the whole of Nigeria can improve in terms of productivity with regards to agriculture and animal husbandry.
“And of particular note is the fact that Morocco is closer to the desert and, therefore, has issues to do with desertification and lack of rainfall.
“But still you see, wherever you turn to in Morocco, you see lush and green environment that is yielding positively in productivity, yielding more than enough for them to consume and even export to the rest of the world,” he said.