Reiterate call for state police
THE Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has urged the Federal Government to grant a special security intervention fund to states to enable them contain the myriad crises they are faced with.
They condemned the insecurity in the country and reiterated the call for the establishment of state police.
Meanwhile, operatives of the Special Task Force (STF) on Sunday in Jos, Plateau State, neutralised two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) they discovered in Tudun Wada, Jos North Local Council.
The discovery was made at about 9.30 p.m. It sent jitters down the spines of residents, as rumours had been rife that the Boko Haram sect planned to attack the city at the weekend.
In a resolution reached by the governors in Abuja yesterday, the Chairman of the forum and Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, said the threat to security compelled them to deploy more funds.
He said: “State governments are currently over-stretched in funding security and call for a special intervention fund from the Federal Government, especially to the states that are most affected.”
While calling on the national security apparatus to join forces to tackle the challenging security situation in the country before it gets out of hand, the governors said that engaging the vulnerable group of the society in productive employment and sincerity of purpose would add to value re-orientation.
“The Forum strongly condemned the current state of violence which has been drifting the nation towards anarchy and called for a multi-dimensional approach to security issues, including enhanced co-ordination and collaboration among security forces, effective use of technology and intelligence, value re-orientation, employment generation and sincerity of purpose,” he said. In furtherance of the commitment to tackle the security challenges, the forum “reiterated its commitment to convene a Governors’ Forum conference on security in Nigeria” where stakeholders would be drawn from different sections of the society to find a lasting solution to this concern.
The forum “identified the increasing need for state police as a strategy for combating the rising insecurity in the country.”
The NGF believes that state police will help to curb the seemingly intractable security challenges.
A statement yesterday by the spokesman of the STF, Captain Salisu Mustapha, stated: “This is to inform the general public and the good people of Plateau State that on June 24, 2012, by 9.30 p.m., two improvised explosive devices were found in border area of Tudun Wada Jos North Local Council, one by the fence of a residence in the area and the other under a parked vehicle.
“Both devices were detonated by the Anti-Bomb Squad of the Plateau State Police Command. No casualty was recorded and the situation remains calm. People are hereby enjoined to be vigilant and report any suspicious persons, activities or objects within their areas to security agencies.”
As part of the security beef-up, STF personnel yesterday rolled out their armoured tanks and other operations vehicles to patrol the busy Ahmadu Bello Way and Terminus Roundabout areas of Jos.
However, their sudden appearance around the areas sent some traders into panic, as they hurriedly packed up their goods. But the soldiers re-assured them that there was no cause for alarm.
In a reaction, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Abuh Emmanuel, said the STF’s manouvre was part of the security arrangements in the city, stressing that “it is normal.”
THE Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has urged the Federal Government to grant a special security intervention fund to states to enable them contain the myriad crises they are faced with.
They condemned the insecurity in the country and reiterated the call for the establishment of state police.
Meanwhile, operatives of the Special Task Force (STF) on Sunday in Jos, Plateau State, neutralised two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) they discovered in Tudun Wada, Jos North Local Council.
The discovery was made at about 9.30 p.m. It sent jitters down the spines of residents, as rumours had been rife that the Boko Haram sect planned to attack the city at the weekend.
In a resolution reached by the governors in Abuja yesterday, the Chairman of the forum and Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, said the threat to security compelled them to deploy more funds.
He said: “State governments are currently over-stretched in funding security and call for a special intervention fund from the Federal Government, especially to the states that are most affected.”
While calling on the national security apparatus to join forces to tackle the challenging security situation in the country before it gets out of hand, the governors said that engaging the vulnerable group of the society in productive employment and sincerity of purpose would add to value re-orientation.
“The Forum strongly condemned the current state of violence which has been drifting the nation towards anarchy and called for a multi-dimensional approach to security issues, including enhanced co-ordination and collaboration among security forces, effective use of technology and intelligence, value re-orientation, employment generation and sincerity of purpose,” he said. In furtherance of the commitment to tackle the security challenges, the forum “reiterated its commitment to convene a Governors’ Forum conference on security in Nigeria” where stakeholders would be drawn from different sections of the society to find a lasting solution to this concern.
The forum “identified the increasing need for state police as a strategy for combating the rising insecurity in the country.”
The NGF believes that state police will help to curb the seemingly intractable security challenges.
A statement yesterday by the spokesman of the STF, Captain Salisu Mustapha, stated: “This is to inform the general public and the good people of Plateau State that on June 24, 2012, by 9.30 p.m., two improvised explosive devices were found in border area of Tudun Wada Jos North Local Council, one by the fence of a residence in the area and the other under a parked vehicle.
“Both devices were detonated by the Anti-Bomb Squad of the Plateau State Police Command. No casualty was recorded and the situation remains calm. People are hereby enjoined to be vigilant and report any suspicious persons, activities or objects within their areas to security agencies.”
As part of the security beef-up, STF personnel yesterday rolled out their armoured tanks and other operations vehicles to patrol the busy Ahmadu Bello Way and Terminus Roundabout areas of Jos.
However, their sudden appearance around the areas sent some traders into panic, as they hurriedly packed up their goods. But the soldiers re-assured them that there was no cause for alarm.
In a reaction, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Abuh Emmanuel, said the STF’s manouvre was part of the security arrangements in the city, stressing that “it is normal.”
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