…asks Gov Lawal to apologise to residents over poor governance
The Arewa Youth Council for Peace (AYCP) has thrown its full weight behind the Good Governance Rating Index (GGRI) midterm report, which branded Zamfara State, below Governor Dauda Lawal, as Nigeria’s most deplorable governance failure from 2023 to 2025.
The UK-based organisation’s scathing evaluation uncovered Lawal’s administration as a catastrophic betrayal of Zamfara’s individuals, rating it useless final in well being, schooling, infrastructure, safety, and transparency.
The AYCP calls this report a “long-overdue indictment of a governor who has turned Zamfara into a living nightmare.”
The GGRI report laid naked the apocalyptic state of Zamfara, the place armed banditry and mass kidnappings have surged below Lawal’s watch, regardless of billions siphoned off as safety votes.
Over 60% of rural youngsters are denied schooling, rotting in crumbling faculties, whereas well being services—starved of funds—have made Zamfara a demise entice for moms and infants, with maternal mortality charges amongst Nigeria’s worst.
The report accuses Lawal of squandering public belief on a cesspool of corruption, political cronyism, and 0 developmental imaginative and prescient, leaving roads impassable, staff unpaid, and poverty skyrocketing.
In a press release signed by Comrade Usman Yusuf, AYCP condemned Lawal’s management as a “monumental disgrace,” noting that his 2023 marketing campaign guarantees of safety and prosperity have been nothing however hole lies.
The GGRI’s findings, backed by audits, citizen suggestions, and area surveys, reveal a state in freefall, the place authorities brokers are complicit in fueling insecurity and public funds vanish into the governor’s patronage networks.
This governance collapse, the AYCP warns, is a ticking time bomb for Nigeria’s stability, with Zamfara’s distress threatening to destabilise your entire North-West.
Yusuf added: “Dauda Lawal is a calamity in human form, a governor who has plundered Zamfara’s hopes and left its people to drown in poverty and bloodshed.
“He must fall on his knees, beg for forgiveness, and resign immediately for plunging our state into this abyss of despair. His corrupt, incompetent regime is a stain on Zamfara’s soul—bandits rule our lands, children beg instead of learn, and mothers die needlessly because of his greed and failure.
“Come 2027, Lawal will face the wrath of Zamfara’s youth at the polls. We will drag his name through the mud of his own making, ensuring he is remembered as the architect of our suffering.
“The GGRI report is our battle cry—Lawal’s days are numbered, and we will hound him out of office for his crimes against our people.
The GGRI reports also revealed that security budgets are shrouded in secrecy, with no accountability for funds meant to curb banditry, has deepened public fury.
Reports of government agents colluding with criminals have only added fuel to the fire, with citizens accusing Lawal of turning Zamfara into a “bandit’s paradise” whereas odd households dwell in concern.
The AYCP President said: “Dauda Lawal is not just a failed governor—he is a thief of Zamfara’s dreams, a coward hiding behind empty promises while our people bleed.
“His resignation is not negotiable; he must quit now or be chased out in disgrace. Every crumbling school, every dying mother, every kidnapped child is a mark of his shame.
“We will make sure Zamfara rejects him in 2027, burying his political career in the rubble of his own failures.” ”
