Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State has defended the recent trip by northern governors to the United States, asserting that it aimed to address the escalating insecurity in the region.
Responding to criticisms surrounding the trip, Radda said that the visit was a proactive step towards finding lasting solutions to the security challenges plaguing the north.
“We were invited to sit with them so that we could bring about lasting solutions to the problems that are affecting our people,” he stated during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today.
Radda clarified that the symposium, organized by the United States Institute of Peace, provided an opportunity for the governors to exchange ideas and engage with stakeholders on global peace and security.
Despite questions about why the meeting wasn’t held within Nigeria, Radda stressed that the initiative was driven by the Institute of Peace and aimed at fostering dialogue to tackle insecurity.
“The issue of the hypothesis behind political motive as responsible for banditry is not true,” he affirmed, pointing instead to injustice and poverty as the underlying causes of insecurity in the north.
The trip, according to Radda, offered the governors valuable insights into the multifaceted security challenges facing the northern region, which has been grappling with issues like banditry and kidnapping for years.
