The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Friday made a donation of N50 million to the Kaduna State Government for onward distribution to the victims of the recent Abuja – Kaduna train attack. A statement by Head of NGF Media and Public Affairs, Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, in Abuja on Friday, said that the forum Chairman and Governor of Ekiti, Kayode Fayemi, made the donation when he led a two-man delegation of the forum to Kaduna State. Mr Fayemi said that the delegation was in the state to commiserate with the government and people on the train attack which claimed lives, injured many people, while several others remain captives. Fayemi disclosed that the NGF delegation visited Kaduna State to commiserate with the government and people on the train attack which claimed lives and has left several others in captivity.
”Regrettably, the criminals were audacious enough to also take away some hostages which raised the state of insecurity, which has virtually thrown Kaduna in the mix,” Fayemi said.
He regretted that, ”everything is currently unnecessarily revolving around 2023,” urging that more should be done towards securing the country.
”Whatever it is, governors would continue to work with President Muhammadu Buhari to bring sanity back to the country,” he said.
He added that governors must join hands with the President Muhammadu Buhari, to deal ruthlessly with the bandits, that they be crushed.