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Involve Monarchs In Crime Fighting, King Jaja Tells Rivers CP
Worried by the increased wave of crimes and criminality in the state , a traditional ruler has called on the Rivers State Police Command to work hard and build confidence with the traditional rulers in order to achieve break through in the on-going unslaught against crimes in the state.
The state chairman of Traditional Rulers Council, King Dandeson Jaja, made call, yesterday when he received in audience the state commissioner for Police, Mr Zaki Mohammed Ahmed who led the management team of the command to pay him a courtesy visit in his office in Port Harcourt.
King Dandison Jaja expressed worries that the police abandoned the duty of providing security in the state to traditional ruler and added that the security of every society was a collective responsibility.
The Opobo monarch opined that it was the duty of the traditional rulers to promote peace and tranquillity in their various communities, adding that they must be involved in crime fighting as they can be useful in the area of information gathering.
According to him, building such synergy and partnership with the traditional institution will help security agents succeed in their quest to rid the state of all crimes and criminality.
“We should be taken into consideration, and let us know, we will open our doors, to help police bring peace to the state”, he stated.
The chairman posited that cultism and kidnapping have claimed the lives of so many youth in the state in their prime age, adding that kidnapping and cultism have become a nightmare to the society.
king Dandieson Jaja used the opportunity to call on parents to be interested in what their children are doing to earn a living as well as the friends they keep.
He assured the state police boss of their readiness and support to his team to succeed, even as he urged police commissioner to be neutral and exhibit professionalism in the discharge of his statutory mandate.
Earlier in his speech, the state commissioner for Police, Mr Zaki Mohammed Ahmed, said he was at the traditional ruler’s office to receive royal blessings as well as formally present himself and the command’s management team to the royal father.
The state commissioner of Police opined that the traditional institution was strategising in crime fighting, and solicited for cooperation and support in his effort to make the state safe for all.
He urged the people of the state to have confidence in the police and partner with the command on information gathering.
The Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) has urged the Federal Government to take urgent steps to forestall economic hardship occasioned by the recent increase in pump price of petrol.
The President of NIM, Dr Christiana Atako, made the call in a statement by the institute’s registrar, Mrs Taiwo Olusesi in Lagos.
Atako said that it was important to mitigate the harsh effects of the latest increase in the price of fuel on both the economy and Nigerians.
She said that the long fuel queues that resurfaced in various cities had attendant consequences on Nigerians whose cost of living was shrinking by the day.
“The Institute supports the current efforts by the Federal Government to kick-start the nation’s weak economy and put it on a good footing.
“However, NIM is an organisation committed to promoting good governance and sound management practices.
“We believe that government should do everything within its power to give the nation’s economic policies a human face,” she said.
The NIM president urged the Federal Government to continue working with the greater interest of Nigerians at heart by taking more proactive measures to impact the welfare of the citizenry.
She called on government to, especially, address fuel scarcity, the hunger in the land, as well as tackle the myriad of economic issues facing the country.
“The Institute concedes that the decision to remove fuel subsidy has come with some pains,.
“It is, however, a necessary step towards the nation’s economic stability as it will help to curb the mismanagement of scarce resources
“It will also reduce corruption in the oil sector, and ensure that the benefits of government spending are felt by all Nigerians.
“Since the removal of subsidy is a difficult decision with significant impact on the masses, it is essential that the Federal Government implements measures to mitigate its effects,” she said.
Atako suggested measures like providing a safety tax net for those who would be most impacted by the subsidy removal, greater government intervention in agricultural produce, public transportation and youth employment programmes.
She also enjoined Nigerians to be patient with the Federal Government, and called for more understanding.
She said that the NIM believed that the nation would soon turn the bend and start reaping the benefits of the present sacrifices.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has destroyed over 100,000kg of cannabis spread across 51 hectares of farm land in Ekiti State.
This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi yesterday, in Abuja.
Babafemi said that NDLEA operatives supported by men of the Nigerian Army on Tuesday Sept. 3 and Wednesday Sept. 4 stormed three camps inside the Ise-Ekiti forest reserve, in Ise/Orun Local Government Area of the state.
He named the affected areas to include: Aba Saalaja with 23 hectares; Aba Paanu with 12 hectares and Aba Arogunmatidi with 16 hectares, all within Ise-Ekiti forest reserve.
He also said two suspects: were arrested on the Toro-Jos road, Kaduna with 305kg cannabis (Indian hemp) concealed in false compartment of a J5 boxer bus marked YLA 682 XM.
Babafemi said that another suspect was arrested in possession of 18 kilograms of same substance at Makarfi town.
“Two other suspects others: were arrested on the Zaria- Kaduna highway in possession of 1300 tablets of Tramadol, all same day,”he said.
Also, in Jigawa state, a 30-year-old man was nabbed with 32.6kg of cannabis (Indian hemp) at Koran Shehu.
Babafemi said that operatives in Kogi intercepted 77,300 pills of Tramadol, Diazepam and Exol-5 with 1,230 bottles of Codeine in a commercial bus driven by Attai Okolo, 68, along Aloma – Ejule road, Ofu LGA, Kogi.
“Another was nabbed on the Okene-Lokoja-Abuja expressway with 42.400kg cannabis (Indian hemp) coming from Lagos enroute Kano.
“NDLEA operatives in Borno arrested a 40-year-old man at Ramat area of Maiduguri with 13,100 pills of Tramadol.
“Also, operatives in Kano nabbed a man with 25.8kg cannabis and 3,000 pills of Diazepam along Kano – Daura road,”he said.
The NDLEA spokesman said that no fewer than 87,790 pills of Tramadol were recovered from Musa Adamu, 30, when he was arrested in Zing, Taraba state.
Babafemi said that a raid on the home of a drug kingpin, Mayowa Abayomi Awe (a.k.a Bishop) in Ilesa, Osun state led to the seizure of 43grams of crack cocaine, 23grams of Methamphetamine, 17.126kg cannabis and a locally made pistol.
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