Kwara Govt Introduces New Strategy To Tackle Insecurity, Sets Up ‘Safer Kwara’ Committee

Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State on Tuesday announced a cabinet-level security committee that will come up with alternative short-to-long term solutions and help to curtail further security breaches in the state.

The governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Rafiu Ajakaye, who disclosed this in a statement he issued in Ilorin and made available to Team@orientactualmags.com on Tuesday, noted that the committee is headed by the Deputy Governor, Mr. Kayode Alabi while Mrs. Olufunke Mercy Shittu PhD of the Office of the Head of Service will serve as secretary.

‘Other members of the committee are Special Adviser on Security Matters, Brigadier General Saliu Tunde Bello; Hon. Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Community Development, Abdullahi Bata; Senior Special Assistant on Security, Alhaji Muhyideen Aliu; Special Assistant on Security, Alhaji Moshood Gobir; and one local government chairman from each of the three Senatorial Districts. 

The committee will midwife exclusive engagements with different stakeholders, including traditional rulers, to design a Kwara-specific security strategy to strengthen public safety. 

The committee will submit its report to the governor within four weeks for further considerations and actions. Its recommendations are to further enrich existing understanding of the nationwide security situations from local perspectives’ the statement added-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08035023079, 08059100286, 09094171980. Thank you