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Police train 20 Gombe youths in CCTV, solar installation skills
Police train 20 Gombe youths in CCTV, solar installation skills
The Gombe State Command has begun a two-week skills acquisition training exercise for 20 youths as part of its crime prevention and community safety strategy.
The youths would be trained in Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) and solar system installation skills.
The Commissioner of Police, Mr Hayyatu Usman, said this at the inauguration of exercise on Wednesday in Gombe.
According to Usman, skills plays key roles in crime prevention, adding that the exercise was in collaboration with the state government and Thrive Trek Entrepreneur, a non governmental organisation.
He said 20 out of the 200 youths who have turned a new leaf would be empowered with the skills.
“The youths were members of Kalare (cult group) known to be involved in violent crimes but had voluntarily jettisoned such path and embraced peace.
“Having engaged the youths and heard some of the reasons they involve themselves in crimes. I felt the need to empower them with skills, hence the training.
“Any suspect sentenced should be given skill acquisition training before serving out their jail terms so as to help them with skills that could give them opportunity to turn a new leaf.
“Gombe State Police Command realised that crime rate in the state would be reduced to the barest minimum when theses youths are positively engaged,” he said.
Usman said the youths would be empower with skills, to become self-reliant and change their mindset towards a better society for us all.
According to him, the Command’s working in collaboration with development organisations to train over 1,500 youths in the state.
While reiterating the Command’s commitment to protect lives and property, Usman warned miscreants against acts capable of disrupting the peace in the state.
“It is better for them to embrace peace so they could benefit from this skill acquisition training aimed at making them self-reliant so that crimes will no longer be attractive to them,” he said.
Also speaking, AIG Zubairu Mohammed (rtd), the Special Adviser to Gov. Inuwa Yahaya on Security Matters, advised the youths to engage in meaningful venture that would discourage them from crimes.
Mohammed said that the state government was currently building a skill acquisition centre to train the youths.
This, he said, would ensure that they get the necessary skills to make a living and improve their wellbeing.
On his part, Mr Aliyu Babangida, the President of Thrive Trek Entrepreneur, assured that the youths would be well trained and certified to enable them to become self-reliant and make their own money.
An Islamic cleric, Sheikh Adamu Dokoro, admonished the youths to utilise the opportunity to contribute positively to the society.
Dokoro enjoyed them to have the fear of God and leverage the training to become better persons in the society.
Police train 20 Gombe youths in CCTV, solar installation skills
We’ve reduced banditry by 70% – Radda
Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State, said his administration has reduced banditry to about 70 per cent in the last one year.
According to the Governor, this was sequel to the robust synergy between the local security outfits and the conventional security agencies across the state.
Radda, who was on a working visit to Yola, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Saturday.
He said, ”It is high time to have state Police included in the fight against insecurity in the country.
“We have reduced the rate of banditry to about 60 to 70 per cent. What we are witnessing now is the crazy approach by the bandits going to hard-to-reach villages close to forests, burning houses and killing people.
“We have developed strategies to fight it”, he said.
Radda further explained that most of the developing countries have state Police that secure lives and properties.
He urged governments at all levels to prioritise education for the development of the sector in Nigeria.
Radda said, ”This will give opportunity to the less privileged, to access quality education at all levels.”
We’ve reduced banditry by 70% – Radda
Police in Yobe arrest suspected transformer vandal
The Police Command in Yobe said it has arrested one Saminu Garba, 23, for allegedly vandalising transformer cable at State Low-Cost in Damaturu.
DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, spokesman of the command, stated this in a statement in Damaturu on Saturday.
He said personnel of the command arrested Garba in possession of the cable in the area on Thursday when they became suspicious of him.
Abdulkarim said investigation revealed that Garba and two members of his syndicate, Audu Ismail and Abba Mohammed, were allegedly involved in several acts of transformer vandalism in Damaturu and its environs.
The spokesman said the police were on the trail of Ismail and Mohammed, who were still at large.
He said that the state Police Commissioner, Garba Ahmed, has warned vandals to repent and desist from the act or face the wrath of the law.
Abdulkarim appealed to the public to assist the police with credible information to effectively fight crime.
Police in Yobe arrest suspected transformer vandal
FAAN begins sale of e-tags at airports
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria ,(FAAN) on Friday began the sale of 2024 e-tags that would permit entry into the 24 Federal Airports in Nigeria.
In a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja, FAAN said that the sale of the tags aligned with a presidential directive approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) .
According to it, the meeting mandated that all the users of federal airports across the country ought to pay charges at the gates.
Mr Francis Ajaguna, Head of Public Affairs, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), told NAN that many people came to the airport and bought the tags.
”FAAN’s Commercial Department confirms that it has started issuing the e-tags and people are buying them,” he said.
FAAN begins sale of e-tags at airports
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