Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State has said that Nigeria needed a determined and purposeful leader with the political will to finally rid the menace of insecurity and in banditry attacks in the northern region.
Speaking when he received the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, who paid him a condolence visit on Sunday over the death of the State Commissioner for Science and Technology, Rabe Nasir.
Masari explained that Nigeria as a country was being confronted with serious insecurity challenges that have global, regional and natural dimensions to it, stating that the government over the years has invested hugely to tackle the menace
He said: “If we have invested in education over 50 years ago the problem today would have been different. The nature of insecurity would have been different but unfortunately we did not invest enough in education, especially in this part of the country. And we also did not take into consideration the population explosion in this part of the country.
“I do believe that the kind of problem being faced is possible to be solved by man, what is required a leadership that is purposeful, political will and determination to confront the problem and solve it.”
He added that his administration has taken several measures which have helped in reducing the spate of banditry in the state, adding that only Batsari and Faskari local government areas now face little challenges.
On his part, the national leader of the APC, Asiwaju Tinubu, sympathised with the people and government of Katsina state over the death of the commissioner, praying God to grant them the fortitude to bear the loss.
