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The Zamfara state government says it will recruit 1,700 local charmers to address the security challenges in the state  

Bello Dankande, the state commissioner for local government and chieftaincy, disclosed this at a security meeting with traditional rulers and local government council chairmen in the state, on Wednesday.

According to him, the local charmers will work alongside the 8,500 members of Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) recruited in 2018.

Dankande said the state government came up with the policy to recruit the local charmers as a result of the growing state of security challenges being experienced.

“In each of the 17 emirates, we are going to recruit 100 local charmers in addition to the 500 recruited per emirate earlier,” he said.

“We are going to recruit other personnel from each emirate to monitor filling stations to ensure that fuel did not get to the bandits in the forests.

“If we recall, we earlier met with Fulani leaders in the state; we gave them an assignment to go and consult with their members who are involved in banditry and criminal activities.

“If they have any grievances, we can sit down with them and resolve them. “