By Beauty John, LAFIA
Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule, Saturday, said that the establishment of the mobile police training school in the state would help tackle the security challenges confronting the state.
The governor made this assertion while inspecting the ongoing work at the school site located at Endehu community, Nassarawa-Eggon Local Government of the state.
Sule noted that the project when completed would not only reduce armed robbery, kidnapping in the area but will be of enormous benefit to the people of state
“The benefit of this institutions to the state will range from stemming insecurity, economic growth as well as generate employment opportunity to the teeming youths especially those from the host community.
“The Mobile Police training schools are the desert training in Goza, Borno State, Forest training in Ila, Osun State and this one located in our dear state Nasarawa. This area known as ‘many have gone’ is proned to accident, kidnapping and armed robbery”.
The governor stated that the land for the establishment of the school was donated to the Police authority by the State Government.
He assured that the state government had paid full compensation to all the land owners to avoid litigations against the smooth execution of the project.
According to the governor, over 90 percent of the workers engaged at the project site including the food vendors, petty traders are from the host community.
Sule disclosed that the government is working out modalities to compensate for the additional land acquired, promising to partner with security agencies, vigilantes, hunters and other stakeholders towards reducing insecurity in the state
PROMPT NEWS recalls that the
Deputy Governor, Emmanuel Akabe was attacked last year in that same hill, which led to the death of three policemen and a driver.
The hill has been an operating ground for armed robbers and kidnappers over the years.
