The
Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has called for synergy among
security agencies and government at all levels for a peaceful and investment
friendly nation.
Governor
Okowa stated this today in Asaba when the General Officer Commanding [GOC] 2nd
Division, Nigeria Army, Ibadan, Major General Laz Ilo paid him a courtesy visit.
Okowa
noted that for citizens to live in violence free, secured and peaceful society
there was the urgent need for collaboration among the various security agencies
and government in order to bring security challenges to barest minimum.
He
also pointed out that a peace atmosphere is important for investment to thrive,
stressing that only then would there be jobs for the teeming youths and people.
“I
have always asked for the security agencies, the Military, Police, Directorate
of State Services and all other agencies, to collaborate with each other and we
are on the verge of trying to ensure that we are able to work more closely with
minimal funding to be able to achieve our dreams so that we can have a more
peaceful state".
Governor
Okowa also told his guest that there is need for the security agencies and the
civil authorities to always relate with each other, adding “I believe that as
we continue to collaborate with each other in our various states and
nationally, that we will have a more peaceful and investment friendly nation
and to that extent we will be able to begin to create jobs for our teeming
youths and by the time you are able to take up a lot of youths in our
programmes of job creation, we are likely going to have a more peaceful
environment, and reduce the number of idle hands that will begin to think of
creating crisis and insurgency.”
While
commending the security agencies in the state particularly the army for its
role in tackling the security challenges facing the country and the state, Governor
Okowa decried the spate of kidnappings in the country and promised continued
support for the security agencies to combat crimes such as kidnappings,
pipeline vandalism.
"Crimes
such as kidnapping, maritime threats and armed robbery have posed major
challenge to our state, but our government have been working with security
agencies including the military to ensure that we are able to tackle
effectively these vices in our society, we are working effective with the
military and we are trying to put things together to see how we can tackle the
menace of kidnapping, vandalism and issues concerning armed robbery”
While
appealing to Deltans especially the youths to give peace a chance, protect the
oil installations in their locality and stop any form of vandalism, Senator
Okowa disclosed that the state government would soon embark on advocacy and
engage the various communities and youths on peace building so as to nip crisis
in the bud.
“I
want to appeal to youths and people both on land and in the creeks that we must
give peace a chance and we must ensure that we actually seek to maintain oil
facilities and pipelines, we should not vandalize our pipelines and disrupt oil
production, I believe that there is a need to engage our people and we are
putting in place bodies in government that will very soon engage with our
communities effectively to ensure that we will nip crisis in the bud” the
governor said.
Earlier,
the GOC, 2nd Division, Nigeria Army, Major General Ilo said that they were on a
familiarisation tour of all army units and formations in the Division and
acquaint themselves with the people and government in the seven states that
make up the Division.
He
reiterated the readiness of the Army to combat security challenges and reduce
criminality and lawlessness to its barest minimum so as to make the state
conducive for investment.
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