Dikko Umar Radda

Dikko Umar Radda(born 10 September, 1969) is a Nigerian economist and politician. He was elected governor of Katsina State in the 2023 Nigerian gubernatorial elections. He previously served as the director-general of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN). Quotes Quality education plays a fundamental role in addressing insecurity by tackling its root causes such as poverty, unemployment, and ignorance. It empowers individuals with the knowledge, skills, and values needed to promote critical thinking, tolerance, and responsible citizenship. Educated communities are better equipped to resist manipulation, extremism, and violence. Furthermore, quality education fosters social inclusion, expands economic opportunities, and strengthens institutions-all of which are essential to building long-term peace and security. Democracy requires patience, commitment & Endurance .The most admired democratic country in the world today did not achieve that in a day .It took years of learning & persistence for them to reach where they are today. We have set up, trained, and equipped the volunteers and also provided them with cars and motorcycles, including armoured vehicles. On the issue of payment of salaries to the new security body, the government is working on plans to ensure they are placed on allowance. It is important for people to know that these volunteers are not paid for this job but they are people who are motivated by a sense of duty to protect their communities and their loved ones. People who are criticising the patrols of the corps, saying it will further worsen the security situation in the state are making a baseless point. So, this is the kind of situation we are in. There are moles among us, moles among the security agencies, and moles among the communities.” There are moles giving him information among us. In fact, he has even developed a new strategy where he incites villages to protest against the government so they can pressure the government not to pursue him. This notorious person that is disturbing us — we know him. He is Mohammed; that is his name. Everybody knows him. His father, his mother, and his grandfather were born there It is not a hidden thing because he gets information. The day I called for a high-level security meeting here at the state government on how to operate and deal with the situation, five minutes after the meeting, he already knew what we had discussed. I was the one who initially took the position against negotiating with bandits The issue of some people coming from other countries is a lie. Even if there are foreigners involved, 95 per cent of those perpetuating this act are our own people; they were born and bred here. At least, if we had not put pressure on these people, they would not have asked for negotiation. I’ve said it many times; I’m not going to negotiate with bandits. I will not invite any bandit to come for any negotiation. Yes. The only setback for our Katsina Security Watch was that they don’t carry AK-47s. Their weapons don’t go far, and that makes it difficult for them There’s hardly anybody you can trust. This is the situation I am in. And I’m not the one to carry the gun and go. And sometimes, if security were informed of an attack, when they go there, they ambush them because they had prior information that they were coming Before I became a governor, I used to nurse that fear. But the issue is I can only be a governor for eight years. If he changed his clothes, the person who called him would tell him the colour of the clothes he had changed. So, it’s not about politics. And are we not in Nigeria where a sitting president lost election when he had control of the military and the police? Advertisement External links Category:living people Category:Politicians from Nigeria Category:Economists from Nigeria Category:1969 births