“There will be collateral damage, but it’s better to wipe them out and get people back to our communities,” says Mr El-Rufai
So far, Kaduna has enrolled 521,096 persons in the health insurance scheme as part of efforts to achieve Universal Health Coverage.
Kaduna residents have praised Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i for constructing flyovers and executing other ongoing road projects in the state capital.
A security report by the Kaduna state notes that 343 persons were killed and 830 abducted by bandits between July and September.
The dethroned emir had threatened Muhammad Sani Abdullahi with his position for addressing him as a former emir at the Kaduna Investment Summit last month.
Reverend John Hayab, CAN chairman in Kaduna, confirmed the news on Sunday, noting that 11 more students are still in bandits’ captivity.
The Ondo governor pushed back against his Kaduna counterpart’s comments that excoriated southern governors as playing to the gallery on Tuesday.
September 12 has been set for the commencement of new academic session in Kaduna.
The governor said lowering the JAMB cut-off mark to favour northern students was not helping the region.
