Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State on Friday joined his Northwest counterparts on advocacy meeting with the officials of United Nations (UN) in Abuja.

Those at the meeting alongside Yusuf were Governors of Kaduna, Uba Sani; Katsina, Ummaru Dikko Radda; Jigawa, Mohammad Namadi; Zamfara, Dauda Lawan Dare; and the deputy governor of Sokoto State who represented the governor.

The governors’ meeting with the UN officials was compelled by unfolding developmental challenges bedeviling the states within the region and the urgent need to solicit for international interventions in the region across critical areas of the economy.

A statement by Sanusi Bature Dawakin-Tofa, spokesperson to Kano governor, explained that governors in the region pushed for development agenda for the Northwest.

The statement emphasised that the first joint meeting of the Northwest governors with the UN officials enabled an avalanche of opportunities to relate issues on health, education, security, agriculture and other salient matters overstretching the capacity of the states.

In their collective submissions, the Northwest governors sought for accelerated interventions of the United Nations through its agencies and volunteers to rescue the region from multiple concerns threatening the survival of the region.

Recall that the Northwest governors were recently hosted on a security symposium by U.S. Institute of Peace to broaden knowledge on strengthening conflict prevention in the region.

The three days U.S. conference, attended by Governors of Kano, Katsina, Zamfara, Kaduna, Niger, Sokoto, Kebbi, Jigawa and Plateau, was designed to support the states address insecurity in Northern Nigeria and better option to mitigate the challenge.

The intensive executive engagement enabled the governors of some of the troubled states deepen understanding on the dynamics of security threat, its socioeconomic dimensions, and near-term opportunities to drive stability in Northern Nigeria.

The 2023 class of governors have, for the first time in the political history of the region, collectively agreed to nurture a regional development agenda in key areas of human endeavours under the leadership of Katsina State governor, Ummaru Dikko Radda.