Worried by the growing
menace of the violent
Boko Haram group and
the general insecurity in
the country, acting
governor of Niger State,
Ahmed Ibeto Wednesday
said the state government
has decided to adopt
community policing to
protect citizens.
Mr Ibeto told the Emir of
Minna, Umar Faruk who
paid him a Sallah homage,
that under the new
security arrangement,
traditional rulers are
expected to pay closer
attention to their domain
and report suspicious
persons to security agents.
“The new arrangement
also mandated ward
heads to report to village
heads; village heads to
report to district heads
and the district heads will
report to the emirs who
will pass the information
to security agents,” he
said.
“There is no way we can
provide security and
harmony without the
cooperation of traditional
rulers; they must ensure
the security of our
communities; so we are
giving them the
responsibility.”
The acting governor said
by introducing free
feeding in Quranic schools
during the Ramadan fast,
the state government was
poised to eradicate
begging and the Almajiri
syndrome in the state.
He said that the state
would check the influx of
beggars into the state so
that the new system now
introduced is not
jeopardized, especially
since the state
government has taken the
welfare of the destitute
very seriously.
Take care of the girls
Mr Faruk called on the
state government to
improve infrastructure and
conditions of schools in
the state in order to make
it attractive to children,
particularly the girl child.
The emir frowned at a
situation where a girls
were still made to hawk
on the streets by their
parents or guardians and
called for improved girl
child education.
He also appealed to the
government to improve
the provision of water in
both rural and urban areas
in the state.
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