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GUSAU- Gov. Dauda Lawal of Zamfara, has received the 2025 New Telegraph’s Outstanding Governor of the Year for project execution across key sectors in the state.
The Governor received the award on Friday during the New Telegraph Awards and dinner at the Grand Ballroom of the Lagos Oriental Hotel.
This is contained in a statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Idris, on Saturday in Gusau.
Idris said that the newspaper honoured Lawal for his administration’s transformative initiatives across key sectors in Zamfara.
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 Lawal’s administration’s wide-ranging reforms and projects spanning education, urban renewal, and the provision of basic amenities.
“ALl these are 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 16 billion Naira and payment of outstanding WAEC and NECO fees for over three years, among other interventions.”
According to Idris, Lawal expressed gratitude to the management and Board of Editors of the Daily Telegraph for considering him deserving of the honour.
“This recognition serves as a morale boost that will motivate me and my cabinet in our efforts towards implementing more projects and interventions for the benefit of our people in Zamfara,” he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Lawal had received similar awards from THE SUN and Leadership Newspapers respectively for what they described as his outstanding performance in key sectors in the state.(NAN)
