Nyako gave the warning when he received the chairmen, who paid him a Christmas visit at Government House, Yola, and advised them to give priority attention to education, health and youth empowerment.
"The welfare of our children who are leaders of tomorrow must be given priority,. Our children must read and everything possible should be done to ensure that," he said.
The governor expressed concern over some social ills, such as drug abuse among youths, and said his administration was considering making a law that would provide for the demolition of any house where hard drugs were sold.
He urged the chairmen not to depend on monthly subventions from the state or the Federal Government for the execution of development projects but to explore other sources of funding, such as the Millennium Development Goal Office and UN agencies.
Earlier, the spokesman for the chairmen, Alhaji Sahabo Aliyu, said they were at Government House to pay Christmas homage and express their loyalty and support to the government.
Meanwhile, members of the Association of Physically challenged Persons in Adamawa have called on the state government to pay their nine months salary arrears to enable them to enjoy the Christmas and New Year celebrations.
The Chairman of the Association, Malam Abubakar Hosere, made the appeal when he led members to pay a Christmas visit to Nyako at Government House, Yola.
Hosere said, ``105 members given appointment by the state government in April were yet to start enjoying their salaries. Also, some of us given political appointment are still waiting as the appointments are still hanging."
He also said that more than 200 slots allocated to physically-challenged persons under the government empowerment programmes each year had been reduced to 100.
Hosere appealed to the governor to look into the problems to enable them to have a sense of belonging and restore their confidence, adding that members of the association were committed to his administration.
In his response, Nyako commended members of the association for their effort to be self-reliant and assured them of the government's commitment to support them.
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