Kwara Speaker donates office building to NSCDC in Baruteen
The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Yakubu Salihu-Danladi has donated an office building to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), in Gwanara, Baruten local Government Area of the State.
His Special Assistant on Media, Sheriff Ibrahim, disclosed this in a statement made available to THE INFORMANT247 in Ilorin on Monday.
Sheriff said the modern building was constructed and donated to the security agency as part of the lawmaker’s contribution to the fight against crimes and criminality in the state.
The statement reads in part, “Gwanara and other border communities cannot harness its economic potentials optimally, if the emerging security threats is not nipped in the bud. Hence, the need to strengthen security architecture in the axis.
“Recently, we witnessed the fallout of farmers-herdsmen which claimed lives, among other nefarious activities of criminal elements threatening the peace of our people and that is why I heed the call to support the upgrade of Gwanara outpost to a full blown NSCDC Division.”
It added that, “Baruten is targeted to have another division of the NSCDC in Ilesha and Okuta, to complement the extant ones in Kosubosu and Gwanara.”
Sheriff quoted the Speaker as saying that the concerted efforts of sister security agencies in fighting crime in the axis, noting that the 9th Kwara state legislature has approved substantial amount for renovation of police posts in the 2020 appropriation, in addition to logistics support the State government have offered and will continue to offer security agencies.
According to the statement, the Kwara state Commandant of NSCDC – Ale Bello in his reaction said, “Porosity of border and the herdsmen challenges, which other security agencies are also working assiduously to fight requires collaborative reinforcement”.
Ale assured that the Corps will reciprocate the Speaker’s gesture and that of Gwanara Emirate by reinforcing its personnel to ensure peace in the area and enable socioeconomic triumphant.
On his part, the representative of the Emir of Gwanara, Boro Suuru of Gobo – Alh. Abdullahi Idris described the gesture as a good legacy, noting it is in line with their yearning for improved security of lives and properties of the people of Gwanara Emirate and its environs.
