Zamfara gov bags award

The Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal, has been honoured with the 2025 New Telegraph Outstanding Governor of the Year Award.

The award was presented to the governor on Friday at the New Telegraph Awards and Dinner Night held at the Grand Ballroom of the Lagos Oriental Hotel.

In a statement issued on Saturday, the governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Idris, said the newspaper recognised Lawal for what it described as transformative initiatives across critical sectors in the state.

He said, “The New Telegraph newspaper named Governor Dauda Lawal the Outstanding Governor of the Year 2025 for projects.

The award, bestowed by the Board of Editors of Daily Telegraph Publishing Company, recognised Governor Lawal’s administration’s wide-ranging reforms and projects spanning education, urban renewal and the provision of basic amenities, aimed at improving living standards and driving sustainable development across the state.

“The newspaper also cited additional reasons for the recognition, including the governor’s efforts to resolve a 13-year backlog of civil servant gratuities exceeding N16bn and the payment of outstanding WAEC and NECO fees for over three years, among other interventions.”

While accepting the award, Lawal expressed appreciation to the management and Board of Editors of the Daily Telegraph Publishing Company for the honour.

“This recognition serves as a morale boost that will motivate me and my cabinet to intensify our efforts in implementing more projects and interventions for the benefit of our people in Zamfara,” he said.

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