From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna
The Kaduna State government has recruited 7,000 youths to fight insecurity in the state.
The state is grappling with a variety of security crises that include banditry, kidnapping, ethnic and religious crises for some time now.
Governor UbaSani said on Channels Television that he has also revived the Kaduna State Vigilance Service to strengthen the security architecture.
He announced that the hiring process would soon start, while claiming to have supported the state police even as a senator, as “security agencies are lacking the boots.”
According to him, the gaps in the country’s security architecture made the development even more necessary.
“They (security agencies) obviously require the assistance of our neighbourhood vigilance service. We only have 2,000, but we are adding 7,000 to boost that number.
“I am glad that the Commissioner of Police, the Department of State Services (DSS) and even the General Officer Commanding (GOC) in Kaduna are all working to ensure that our vigilance service receives the proper training. It is crucial that we train them at the police college,” he stated.
Sani also claimed that the state government was collaborating with other stakeholders, such as religious organisations, to eradicate crime.
He remarked that discussions to fine-tune strategies for taming insecurity are also taking place with Northern governors.
