{"id":60896,"date":"2025-02-09T16:01:28","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T16:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=60896"},"modified":"2025-02-09T16:01:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T16:01:28","slug":"gov-lawal-assures-world-bank-of-improved-security-development-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/02\/09\/gov-lawal-assures-world-bank-of-improved-security-development-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov Lawal Assures World Bank of Improved Security, Development Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Our Correspondent\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara has assured the World Bank of significant security improvements in the state, paving the way for enhanced development projects.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the bank\u2019s office in Abuja, Lawal highlighted his administration\u2019s proactive security measures, which have curbed banditry and restored stability to communities.<\/p>\n<p>He reaffirmed his commitment to safeguarding development partners, ensuring secure project implementation in education, health, climate resilience, and agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>World Bank officials, including Country Director Dr. Ndiam\u00e9 Diop, commended Lawal\u2019s efforts, with NG-CARES Task Team Leader Dr. Lire Ersado praising Zamfara\u2019s development model for its success and replication in other states and countries.<\/p>\n<p>Lawal invited the World Bank to visit Zamfara to witness firsthand the state\u2019s transformation, emphasizing his administration\u2019s dedication to lasting security and sustainable growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Our Correspondent\u00a0 Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara has assured the World Bank of significant security improvements in the state, paving the way for enhanced development projects. Speaking at the bank\u2019s office in Abuja, Lawal highlighted his administration\u2019s proactive security measures, which have curbed banditry and restored stability to communities. He reaffirmed his commitment to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":60897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-60896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60898,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60896\/revisions\/60898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}