Ganduje also faulted the recent comment by Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State who said the North-West governors were working at cross purposes, hence the escalation of security challenges in the region.
Elsewhere in Bauchi, Governor Bala Mohammed said some herders were left with no option than to carry arms to protect their wealth from rampaging cattle rustlers.
He also said all forests belonged to the federal government and all citizens have the right to make use of them; and lambasted Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State for allegedly fanning the embers of hatred against the Fulani herders but paid tribute to his counterpart in Plateau, Simon Lalong, for being a peacebuilder.