Sokoto: Security as foundation of life, community, and growth

Every development ambition a state can hold rests on the simple precondition that people must be able to move safely to their farms, send their children to school, open their shops, and sleep without fear. In Sokoto State, that precondition was under severe strain, with communities in the eastern corridor, bordering Zamfara and Katsina and sitting close to the Niger Republic, enduring repeated bandit attacks, abductions, and displacement. However, Governor Ahmed Aliyu has treated security not as a background concern but as the government’s first responsibility. His investments in men, machines, community structures, and intelligence reflect a deliberate choice to restore the conditions u...