Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has advised the North West Development Commission to collaborate with the seven governors of the geopolitical zone to succeed.

Governor Sani gave the counsel when the commission's board, led by its chairman, Lawal Samaila Abdullahi, paid him a courtesy call at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House in Kaduna.

He asserted that as elected governors, they know areas where the zone was lagging, adding that "if you come up with programmes as a board without working with us to have common agenda, you may not succeed."

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The governor further advised the commission to conduct a needs assessment of what the people want by holding town hall meetings and getting input from the governors.

"But having said all this, we are ready to give you 100% support. I know you are also discussing this with relevant stakeholders, but there are no stakeholders in this critical situation other than the governors," he added.

Governor Sani advised the commission to come up with its programmes and "we will sit down as North West governors and where we need to make an input, we will do so."

The governor of Kaduna State also gave the commission office accommodation and a utility vehicle to facilitate its work.

Speaking earlier, the board chairman, Lawal Samaila Abdullahi, assured Governor Uba Sani of the commission's loyalty to the governors of the geopolitical zone.

Abdullahi promised to contact the governors through Governor Uba Sani "to fashion out a 10-year development plan that we will be able to achieve collectively."