Bandits Prone Areas Turn Markets In Kaduna As Government Secure Towns And Villages—Commissioner
From Muhammad Kabir, Kano
The Kaduna State government under the leadership of Governor Uba Sani, has said to have freed hundreds of earlier on occupied Villages and towns by Bandits, allowing huge Business activities taken over those Prone Areas, within three years.
In the same vein, the Government is said to have recovered over 500,000 hectares of farmland that were under the control of bandits across the state and allowed Farmers to returned to their Farming activities.
The State Commissioner of Information and Culture, Ahmed Maiyaki disclosed this during a Gala night organized by his ministry in honor of the members of the Kano Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists.
He said because of this giant efforts, the State has witnessed heavy Bumper Harvest in the last three years, allowing Farmers to occupied the largest Pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 2024, 25 and 26.
He also explained that the recovery of the Farming lands, have immensely reduced Urban Rural Migration, allowing millions of Farmers staying back for their farming activities.
“Im happy to tell you that the present administration under the able leadership of Governor Uba Sani has within the past three years recovered over 500,000 hectares of farmland from bandits.
“As you know, without security you cannot achieve anything. Before now farmers in such areas were unable to go to their farms due to the activities of the bandits,” he said.
He noted that the activities of the bandits had in the past forced many travelers to stop going to Abuja from Kaduna or from Abuja to Kaduna.
“I’m happy to say that that has now become a thing of the past because the security situation in Kaduna State has greatly improved,” the Commissioner said.
Maiyaki said the state government would continue to accord security priority attention as it remains the backbone of any meaningful development in the society.
He said as part of effort to ensure massive food production, the state government had under the 2026 farming season distributed 500 trucks of fertilizer free to no fewer than 150,000 farmers across the state.
“In 2024 the government distributed 400 trucks of fertilizer to farmers free of charge. Similarly, 500 trucks of the commodity were distributed in 2025 in addition to the 500 trucks distributed to over 150,000 farmers in 2026,” he said.
On education, the commissioner said the state government had been able to reduce the number of out-of- school children from 550,000 to 187,000.
He said the government had inJuly 2025 purchased 100 CNG buses which are being used in transporting students and civil servants at cheaper fares to reduce the cost of transportation for them.
“From July 2025 no fewer than 3.5 million people have been transported with the vehicles and nothing less than N3.8 million have been saved for people.Even the Nigeria Labour Congress has confirmed that workers have saved 40 percent of their income since the introduction of the CNG buses,” he added.
In his remarks, the chairman of the chapel, Murtala Adewale, appreciated the Kaduna State government for organizing the gala night.
