{"id":313907,"date":"2021-02-10T06:16:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T05:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=313907"},"modified":"2021-02-10T06:17:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T05:17:06","slug":"clear-out-criminals-from-birnin-gwari-for-economic-takeoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=313907","title":{"rendered":"Clear out criminals from Birnin Gwari for economic takeoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-1537296\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"description\" wp_automatic_readability=\"50.166814551908\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_1274772\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1274772\" style=\"width:1250px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1274772 jetpack-lazy-image\" alt=\"BREAKING: El-Rufai tests positive for coronavirus, goes into self-isolation\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2019\/10\/el-Rufai.jpg?w=1250&amp;ssl=1 1250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2019\/10\/el-Rufai.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2019\/10\/el-Rufai.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2019\/10\/el-Rufai.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2019\/10\/el-Rufai.jpg?resize=58%2C33&amp;ssl=1 58w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2019\/10\/el-Rufai.jpg?resize=260%2C146&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2019\/10\/el-Rufai.jpg?resize=200%2C112&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2019\/10\/el-Rufai.jpg?resize=560%2C315&amp;ssl=1 560w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2019\/10\/el-Rufai.jpg?resize=640%2C360&amp;is-pending-load=1#038;ssl=1\"><\/figure>\n<p>Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-rufai has called for more security operations in and around the notorious Birnin Gwari area of the state to pave the way for planned economic activities.<\/p>\n<p>The governor in a tweet he sent out on Tuesday, pointed out that the rampant criminal activities have stalled efforts to make the area a hub for mining and agriculture.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEfforts to make the area a hub for mining and agriculture have not yet reached the lofty targets being falsely peddled as KDSG\u2019s 10-point plan for solving banditry,\u201d the governor stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKDSG did not author or issue the said 10-point plan, which contains untrue claims about contacts and agreements with partners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe public should note that all KDSG major events and policy statements are clearly announced on official platforms,\u201d elRufai explained<\/p>\n<p>It will be recalled that Birnin Gwari has became a haven for kidnappers, bandits and other daredevils terrorising travelers along the once peaceful axis of the state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-rufai has called for more security operations in and around the notorious Birnin Gwari area of the state to pave the way for planned economic activities. The governor in a tweet he sent out on Tuesday, pointed out that the rampant criminal activities have stalled efforts to make the area [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":313908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3773,3],"tags":[8404,297,218,13478],"class_list":["post-313907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-news","tag-bandit","tag-birnin-gwari","tag-kaduna","tag-nasir-elrufai"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=313907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/313908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=313907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=313907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=313907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}