Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle has said that the state would implement the Ruga settlement initiative, to resettle herders and boost economic activities.
The governor told the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajiamila who visited the state that the state government would go ahead with the programme in spite of its suspension by the Federal Government.
The governor said arrangements had been put in place to set up the Ruga settlement on a 100-hectare land in each of the three senatorial districts of the state, he added that the government would provide schools, hospitals and veterinary clinics as well as earth dams in the new settlements.
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He appealed to the leadership of the National Assembly to facilitate the release of N10 billion Federal Government Special Intervention Fund approved for the state to resettle people displaced by banditry.
The speaker commended the governor over the successes recorded under the Peace and Reconciliation Initiative targeted at ending banditry in the state.
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