Some locals in Maru and Anka local governments area of Zamfara State have accused His Excellency Dauda Lawal the Executive governor of Zamfara State for converting  their ancestral farmland to gold mining sites which force them to migrate to the neighboring States of Niger and kebbi States. " Last week, some officials of Zamfara State government came to our village and asked us to vacate our farmlands  that the Federal government want to commence gold excavation to boost the Nation economic growth,  only later to discovered that the Federal government knew nothing about the mission but the earnest intrest of Zamfara State governor Dauda Lawal who brought in some Chinese Nationals to excavate gold  in our heritage lands, " Malam Sadi Danjika one of the local from   Anguwan Dansanda area of Maru Local government lamented. Investigations  in to the illegal mining embarked by  the Zamfara State government further uncovered that,  some residents o...

  Thousands of civil servants have strongly criticised Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal for what they consider to be a "peanuts" pay rise in the state's already-existing salary structure. "Prior to this, my monthly take-home pay was N30,000. Fortunately, I noticed a N3,000 increase, which sent me into a state of confusion. I honestly believed it was a gift from His Excellency Dauda Lawal for wage award , but I later learned from my colleagues that it was a minimum wage that the governor had promised civil servants during his 2023 campaign" according to a level 5 Step 6 Zamfara State civil who begged for anonymity. Additional information gathered from the Zamfara State Accountant General Office shows that the state government, led by Governor Dauda Lawal, has raised N3,000 from level One to level Six and N6,000 from level Seven to level 16, in that order. Another development is that the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC Zamfara State Chapter leadership has reportedly...