The Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, on Thursday met with nominated stakeholders from Edu and Patigi native authorities areas to debate insecurity and different challenges going through their communities.
In a communique issued on the finish of the assembly and signed by Dabarako Mohammed, Chairperson of the Edu/Patigi Stakeholders, and Mohammed Magaji, Secretary, the stakeholders expressed concern that the governor had but to go to the areas regardless of rising incidents of banditry and kidnapping.
“The actions of the insurgents haven’t solely crippled the financial and social lives of our folks however have additionally mentally and psychologically traumatized them,” the communique learn.
The stakeholders urged the federal government to deploy extra troops and the newly educated Nationwide Forest Guards to flush out the bandits.
Additionally they highlighted the poor situation of the Tsaragi-Patigi highway, the blackout that has left Lafiagi and Patigi with out electrical energy or functioning waterworks, and the necessity for better assist for agriculture.
Responding, Governor Abdulrazaq defined that he had taken up the safety matter with the Presidency and the navy authorities and warranted that “extra troops are underway.”
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He disclosed that plans have been “already in high gear to ascertain a homegrown group safety structure as a primary line of defence.”
The governor additionally promised to pay condolence visits to the affected LGAs, present palliatives to victims, and work with the federal authorities to deal with the delay in finishing the Tsaragi-Gbugbu-Patigi highway.