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| DELTA GOVERNOR, EMMANUEL UDUAGHAN |
In pursuit of its agenda of safeguarding lives and property
in the State, the Delta State government is poised to further strengthen the
confidence of security personnel by making available to them ballistic vests
and ballistic ceramic helmets. Specifically, the State government has ordered about 2500
pieces of ballistic vests and 2000 pieces of ballistic ceramic helmets.
The ballistic vests and helmets will help in boosting the
morale of security personnel in combating and further reducing the rate of
crime in the State. Speaking on the security situation in Delta State, Mr. Chike
Ogeah, Commissioner for Information said, “As we speak, security in Delta State
is at optimum level with the environment very clement for businesses and
individuals to operate. Time was when kidnapping and other violent crimes got
quite disturbing. But His Excellency, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, CON embarked
on a concerted programme to improve security”,
On what it cost his State government to achieve the optimum
level of security, Ogeah said, “We cannot readily put a figure on the cost of
providing security in the state as it is an exercise that keeps rolling.
Besides, I think it is more wholesome to imagine the absence of a secure
environment for businesses to thrive. The government is prepared to commit
requisite resources to the provision of security in the state. The real cost of
security, for me, is the cost of absence of security for people to live
safely”.
Like many States in the country, the Delta State government
has been helping to boost the capability and confidence of security personnel.
Earlier in the year, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, under the Delta State
Government Special Security Patrol initiative handed over thirty Toyota Hilux
Vans to Police
The initiative is part of measures to ensure that crimes
like kidnapping and armed robbery were reduced to the barest minimum.
Handing over the vehicles to the police, Dr. Uduaghan noted
that the rate of kidnapping was coming down in the state and promised to
continue to intensify efforts towards providing adequate security in the state.
He said he would provide a safe haven for investors and
guarantee peace and security so that prospective investors would operate in a
conducive atmosphere.
The Governor said the present effort was to beef up security
and sustain the success already recorded in the state especially the reduction
in kidnapping.
He explained that the vehicles have been assigned to
different routes across the state to ensure that all areas in the state were
adequately monitored and secured.
His words: “We are doing this to guarantee peace and
security and to ensure that crime rate is drastically reduced. We will increase
our effort in the provision of logistics for security operatives to enable them
cope with the challenges in crime prevention”.
He commended Local Government Chairmen in the state for
supporting the efforts of the State Government especially for assisting
security operatives to maintain peace and security.
The Governor also commended security operatives in the state
for their efforts in reducing crime especially kidnapping which he said had
reduced significantly.
Receiving the vehicles, the State Commissioner of Police,
Ikechukwu Aduba, warned criminals to turn a new leaf and become law abiding
citizens because his men would get them if they failed to heed his warning.
He commended Governor Uduaghan for providing the vehicles
and assured that the vehicles would be properly utilized to combat crime.
His words: “We will chase away criminals from the state. I
warn criminals to leave the state because if they fail to we will get them
anywhere they are hiding. I restate that there will be no hiding place for
them”.
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