By Abdullahi Alhassan Kaduna
Comrade Rayyanu Turunku, President of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Kaduna State Chapter, says insecurity has been a major hindrance to their productivity across the state’s local government areas. Turunku made the remarks at a security meeting hosted by the ‘Make Kaduna Better Youths Initiative’ at their secretariat in Kaduna on Thursday.
Most local government workers and their families have been affected by kidnapping and other forms of insecurity in the state, according to Turunku, which has hampered their efforts to bring democracy’s dividends to the grassroots. According to him, the most concerning trend confronting local government areas across the state is the use of informants who obtain information from locals in order to perpetrate terror acts.
For ease of operations, he also urged security agencies to have mutual relationships and understanding with locals and volunteer security outfits across communities.
Mudassiru Abdullahi, the state’s Commissioner of Police, had earlier assured traditional institutions and members of various communities of a more secure environment in the state. The Commissioner, who was represented by CSP Abdullahi Yusuf, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Sabon Gari Division, promised to increase the deployment of security personnel to combat the recent upsurge in communal disputes in villages.
Abdullahi stated that the Police Command would continue to collaborate with special constabularies in a variety of ways in order to achieve the state’s goals of peace and stability, as well as meaningful development. urged the people of Kaduna state to live in peace and obey the law.
Comrade Samaila Sammani, the convener of the Make Kaduna Better Youth Initiative, said the meeting was to discuss and propose youth-based solutions to the state’s insecurity issues. “The Kaduna State Government is doing everything it can to address insecurity issues, but we, as youths, have a greater role to play in reducing the threat,” he said.
He urged the Kaduna state government to recognize the importance of including youths in the state’s security committees. He also urged the public to assist the government in combating insecurity by reporting suspicious strangers and community movements to the proper authorities.