Rivers Communities Urge FG To Support Neighbourhood Watch

The Forum of Community Development Committees in Rivers State, has called for total support by the Federal Government to the Neighbourhood Watch Security Outfit of the Rivers State.
State Coordinator, United Community Development Committee (UCDE), Mr John Onwubualili said this in a press release while reacting to the successful launching of the Amotekun Security outfit by the Ondo State Government.
Onwubualili said the Neighbourhood Watch was initiated by the Rivers State government to complement the effort of the Nigerian Police and other security agencies in the fight against criminality, adding that the idea was welcomed by the people of Rivers State.
“The idea of Rivers State Government for initiating the security outfit in order to complement the effort of the Nigerian Police and other security agencies in the state was totally welcomed by community leaders in Rivers State”, he said.
He regretted that while the federal government discouraged the Neighbourhood Watch outfit, such action was not done on the Amotakun.
“It is very surprising that today, another state in the same nation has launched theirs for the past two days and nothing happened, no military action and federal government has remained mute over this issue.
“We therefore, call on the federal government to refund the money Rivers State Government spent in respect of the training and we are as well demanding that the federal government should give total support to the Rivers State Government to finish the training of the Neighbourhood personnel they have started,” he said.