Speaker, Kwara state House of Assembly, Hon. Salihu Yakubu Danladi, Wednesday bemoaned the growing insecurity in the country, stressing that all hands must be on deck to arrest the tide.
The speaker, who made this disclosure during his familiarisation visit to heads of security formations in the state earlier, pledged the support of the 9th Assembly towards ensuring the continued security of lives and properties in the state.
The speaker visited the Kwara state Commissioner of Police, Director of the Department of State Security (DSS), Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Zonal Commandant of the Federal Road Safety Cops (FRSC) and the Commander of the Nigeria Airforce.
He charged security agencies to never hesitate to collaborate with the community and all relevant stakeholders towards guaranteeing a safer Kwara.
Salihu, in his seprate addresses to the heads of securty agencies ,acknowledged the good work the various security outfits have been doing to ensure the security of lives and properties of the people of Kwara state.
He,however, noted that with the upsurge in the mode and scale of criminality in virtually all neighboring states to Kwara, the state is exposed to serious security threats, hence, the need for collaborative efforts and proactiveness to manage this threat.
“We were not acquainted with banditry but now we have bandits, kidnappers, ritual killers and all sorts in most of the North Central and South Western states.
”Our geographical location exposes us to a time bomb which we must arrest before it explodes. Kwara is a border community to the Northern and Southern axis where there are security crisis, we want stronger security presence in these border communities”,he said.
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The speaker added that “there are lots of criminal activities on Ilesha baruba – Gwanara road, some part of the Southern Kwara roads have been reported to be security flash points. Our borders are porous and expose us to security threat, we don’t want the peaceful nomenclature of Kwara state to be history”. He further advocates for human rights protection in the cause of discharging their duties”.
Salihu said the 9th Assembly was seriously concerned about the issues of street trading ,considering the security implications and pledge that he and his colleagues will make efforts to stop it.
“As for overloading, and all sorts of traffic offences, by the time there is State cabinet in place, the 9th Assembly will put them on check to address them”, he said.
He assured that the new All Progressve Congress (APC), government will change the tides of events, reiterating that “there will be improvement and the coming years would be better than the last 16 years.
