13/12/2025
Politics apart: Minister Bello Mutawalle is in the right position.
Military experts have cautioned that communal conflicts are only tackled effectively with none kinetic approach. They say the Military component is about only 25%.
The minister is one of the few governors who realised this fact when he was the governor of Zamfara State, whose protection of the people's lives was his primary responsibility.
By reaching out to the aggrieved warring parties, he has almost brought banditry to a standstill. The Gusau-Anka-Gummi road was safe during his tenure. I plighted the route. I travelled from Wurno-Isa- Shinkafi- Gusau road, which was a no-go area for many years. Cattle markets were opened then, and life was returning to normal when it was disrupted by military non-cooperation, and hostilities resumed.
Now with a peacemaker in the Ministry of Defense, as a state minister, it is putting round pegs into round holes. There is no time for petty local politics.
I wish the federal Government's new paradigm shift in approach to insecurity complete success and for all Nigerians, unity, peace, and progress. Amin.
