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The Governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Abdul’aziz Yari, has said the state would invest the sum of N1.5 billion in Jaiz Bank to shore up the financial institution’s capital base. Speaking in Gusau while inaugurating the bank's 11th branch since it started operations in January last year, he urged citizens of the state to patronise the bank in order to realise the gains of non-interest banking. Moreover, the governor said local government funds would be invested in the bank. People will be mobilised through the mass media to educate them on the importance if the bank, he added. Meanwhile, the Chairman of the bank, Alhaji Umaru Mutallab, expressed appreciation to the governor for his interest in the bank.