Ganduje Urges Colleagues To Work In Synergy With Security Agencies, By ABDULLAHI RABIU, Kano

KANO tate  governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has urged his colleagues, the governors, to fully and effectively collaborate with security agencies in their respective states so as to check the rising insecurity in the Country.

He puts forth the request in a paper, he presents at his Alma Mata titled “Challenges of Insecurity and Nation Building,” at the 2020 Alumni Lecture of the University of Ibadan Alumni Association, Worldwide, held at Dame Edith Okowa Auditorium of the University, Friday.

He said   “Let me emphasise that the  state governments need to cooperate and work together with security agencies in dealing with the situation at hand.”

To accentuate the viability nature of his urge he assured that, Kano has seen the benefits of this synergic engagement with security agencies, at different levels.

Adding that, “Through it, we were able to identify and destroy the Central Command of the dreaded terrorists group and dealt a blow to their operations in Kano. Amongst other criminalities.”

He further maintains that, it was also through collaboration with security agencies that ensures that the security architecture put in place, which guarantees relative peace in the state in comparison with other neighbours.

Explaining that,”They were provided with logistics and equipments and setting-up of a Police Anti-Cattle Rustling Squad, Ambush Squad and Tactical Observation points along the Falgore Forest, which was hitherto the den of rustling.”

Appreciating President Muhammadu Buhari, whom he said made it possible for the existence of permanent camp for military training ground where the Nigerian Army holds regular military exercises that was also established in the only major forest in the Kano.

By way of encouraging others he revealed that, “The state government has invested over N1billion on procurement of gadgets and operational vehicles for security operatives in the state.

The government has also re-organised Vigilante Groups across the state to enhance community policing and complement efforts of conventional security operatives