Muhammadu Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday asked all indigenes
of Kaduna to cooperate with the government and security agencies to
secure “peace and harmony in the state.”
The President made the plea during his speech at the fifth
edition of the KADINVEST, the state’s annual economic and
investment forum.
Buhari’s call for peace comes amid recent efforts to secure the
state from incidents of violent crimes.
For example, Southern Kaduna has endured ethnic violence this
year, prompting the federal government to send Special Forces to
the region.
Earlier on Monday Governor Nasir El-Rufai, said he was committed
to ending the Southern Kaduna issue, which he says dates back 40
years ago.
“We must live together as brothers and sisters because, without
peace, development cannot take place,” Buhari said at the end of
his speech, which was effusive with praise for the state
government’s work in promoting job-creating investments and
building infrastructure.
Economic Success
El-Rufai, during his opening presentation at KADINVEST, touted
his administration’s economic successes.
The Governor said the state has attracted more than $800
million of local and foreign investments since 2016.
He also said the state has had investment announcements of over
$2.1 billion in 2020, far ahead of Lagos and any other state in the
country.
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El-Rufai said his administration’s focus was to enable the
private sector to create jobs.
“We want to make Kaduna the state of choice for investment
choice,” he said.
“We have been able to facilitate these investments by the
creation of a one-stop shop called the Kaduna Investment Promotion
Agency chaired by the Deputy Governor, with His Royal Highness, the
former Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, as the Vice-Chairman,
and our commissioners as members, to operationalise and ensure the
implementation of our Ease of Doing business charter.”
The Governor noted that in 2014, Kaduna was ranked by the World
Bank as the 24th state, out of 36 states and the FCT, in the Ease
of Doing business metric.
“By 2018, we had become number one,” he said.
He said the summit is designed to showcase Kaduna, to show our
progress on an annual basis, and attract investors.
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