My govt installing CCTVs in Southern Kaduna- Gov El-Rufai
As part of measures to tackle the killings in Southern
Kaduna, the state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has announced that his government
has awarded a contract for CCTV's to be installed in the local governments that
have been affected by the killings.
Governor El-Rufai announced this in a statement released
after meeting with the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Revd.
Supo Ayokunle, and other CAN leaders in Kaduna on Monday, August 17.
The statement in part reads
''Since last month, the state government and security
agencies have been working to contain an upsurge in violence and needless
killings in parts of the state. We are deeply saddened by the loss of lives in
a totally unnecessary frenzy of communal attacks, reprisals and revenge.
While we mourn the dead, our immediate focus remains to stop
the cycle of attacks and reprisals. We remain committed to ending the legacy of
violence that has blighted the state for 40 years, needlessly taken many lives
and curtailed the life chances of others.
We will continue to support the security agencies to restore
calm in the affected communities. Over the last five years, we have invested
heavily in the security sector. We have consistently provided vehicles and
other logistics support to the security agencies that are deployed in the
state.
We are also addressing the technology side of security,
through the procurement of drones, the award of contracts to install CCTVs in
phases in Kaduna, Kafanchan and Zaria metropolitan areas, build a command and
control centre and establish a forensic laboratory.''
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