More Zamfara citizens to benefit from FG’s Social Investment Programmes – Yari

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Former Zamfara governor Abdul’aziz Yari says more citizens of the state will benefit from the Federal Government Social Investment Programme (SIP).

Yari disclosed this on Tuesday at his Talata-Mafara residence during a meeting with the All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders from Birnin-Magaji, Gummi, Maru and Shinkafi Local Government Areas of the state.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting, which was organised by the state chapter of the APC, was attended by local government council chairmen and party executives.

According to the former governor, plans are on the way by the federal government in line with the party’s manifesto to come up with new programmes and sustain the ones initiated earlier through the SIP to uplift the standard of living of Nigerians.

“As we are all aware that the federal government has several social investment programmes including the N-power, Tradermoney, Ancho-borrowers and Cash Transfers, and In-sha Allah our party members will benefit more from these programmes,” Yari said.

He said that: “The National Secretariat of the party had introduced new system of providing Liaison Officer to President Muhammadu Buhari at the state level.
“You know, according to the new system in each of the APC ruling state, the sitting governor will serve as a Liaison Officer to Mr President take care of all projects and programmes to be executed by the federal government in that state.

“In case of non-APC ruling states, the leader of the party in that state will be appointed as a Liaison Officer to take care of the responsibilities.
“Therefore, based on this, we have hope that more of our party members will benefit from the federal government projects and programmes in Zamfara,” he said.

Yari urged APC members in the state to remain calm, saying that more federal government projects are coming to the state, more of our members will benefit from them.
“I am therefore appealing to our local government and ward executives to be organising meetings regularly in order to be updating members on the affairs of the party.

“We plan to be holding meeting at local government level monthly, zonal meetings after every two months and state general congress after every three months, this is to ensure that we maintain the strength of our party,” he said.
Yari further stated that in spite of the fact that the party lost the state following the Supreme Court judgment, the APC remained a strong political party in the state.

“Over 80 per cent of the people of the state are APC members, therefore we believe we have the victory,” he added.
Yari thanked the party leadership of the state for organising the meeting which he described as timely and welcome development.

Earlier, the state APC Chairman, Alhaji Lawal Liman, said that the meeting was aimed at expressing support and solidarity to the former governor as a party leader in the state.

Liman then solicited for the support and cooperation by the members.

“We have the confidence in our members, we believe that our party is the strongest party in the state, we are ready to go to ballot box even now,” he said.

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