Kogi State governor, Alh. Yahaya Bello has assured the people of the state that his government will ensure insecurity becomes a thing of the past in the state. The governor disclosed this while speaking on the Hausa service of the Voice of America through his director-general on media and publicity, Kingsley Fanwo. He said government…
Kogi State governor, Alh. Yahaya Bello has assured the people of the state that his government will ensure insecurity becomes a thing of the past in the state.
The governor disclosed this while speaking on the Hausa service of the Voice of America through his director-general on media and publicity, Kingsley Fanwo.
He said government is rejigging its security apparatus to make the state hostile to criminals who are bent on reversing the gains of the administration in the security sector.
“We are rejigging our security apparatus and securing gadgets that will ensure criminals have no hiding place in Kogi State. Security agents will be highly empowered and motivated to combat crime in our dear state.
“But beyond the arms and ammunitions, we are looking at combating the use of hard drugs in our societies. Drug is the root of crime. Criminals operate under the influence of hard drugs and we are making significant progress in destroying the roots of hard drugs in the state.
“Also, we are almost rounding up the training of over 2500 youth across the state. They are undergoing skills acquisition to empower them to be job creators. We do not want our youth to be idle because an idle mind is the devil’s workshop.
“Government is working hard to take care of the poverty angle of criminality. Kogi has become a honeypot for multimillionaire investments and we do not want crime to scuttle our drive to industrial revolution. The Kampe Omi dam project for which the state has signed a Memorandum of Understanding is also capable of creating over 200,000 jobs directly and indirectly through irrigation farming and value chain,” he said.
On the ongoing staff verification exercise, the governor said his administration has decided to reposition the civil service and make it a functional engine for the realization of the goals of the mew direction agenda.
“The civil service was turned into a cesspit of corruption and that is unacceptable to our ideology of repositioning the civil service to make it more efficient and effective,” he said.