By Amos Tauna To effectively fight terrorists that have caused a lot of havoc in Zamfara State, the state, Governor Bello Mohammed M...
By Amos Tauna
To effectively fight terrorists that have caused a lot of
havoc in Zamfara State, the state, Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle, has commenced
the training of the newly recruited Community Protection Guards.
The governor assured that his administration came up with
the measures aimed at combating insurgency which has impeded the wheel of
progress in the state
He said the Community Protection Guards were recruited from
each of the 19 Emirate Councils of the state.
Speaking during the flag-off ceremony for the training of
the guards in Gusau, Matawalle said his administration was moving towards
implementing new security measures that would curb insecurity in every part of
the state.
The governor said the decision to establish Community
Protection Guards was informed by his administration’s desire to work out all
possible options to deal with the increasing act of banditry that has caused
the loss of lives, untold hardships and rupturing intercommunal peace in some
parts of the state.
He urged the newly recruited guards to concentrate fully on
their training and the task of ensuring sanity in the state.
Governor Matawalle stated that as community protection
Guards, theirs is a patriotic call, their names would stand out in history as
people with remarkable patriotism, selflessness and love for peace.
He said, “Only people with courage and bravery will offer to
serve as guards of their communities, bravely standing up to face the brutal
infamy of the bandits.”
He enjoined them to work within the parameters of the rules
of their engagement, saying that it would be clearly spelt out during the
training.
The governor pointed out that they were agents of the
restoration, building peace and re-enactment of the golden era of harmonious
inter-communal relationships in the northern part of the country.
Governor Bello Matawalle explained that at the end of the
training, the CPG members would be deployed to their various communities in the
19 Emirate Councils of the state to energetically complement the security
forces in the fight against banditry and sundry crimes in the state.
He advised them to remain disciplined and obedient
throughout the exercise and keep in mind that they were trained for a
life-saving mission that would spare their neighbourhoods from horror and
suffering and restore the security and peaceful coexistence of the people.
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