Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has announced the intention of his administration to engage 7,000 young individuals in order to provide assistance to security services in their efforts to combat the prevailing issue of insecurity.
Kaduna, in Nigeria’s north-West area, faces a number of security issues, including banditry, kidnapping, and others.
Governor Sani, who has been in office for just three months, has promised to involve young people in the fight against crime as part of his efforts to stem the flow.
The governor announced that the recruitment process for state police officers will begin shortly. He claimed to be a supporter of such agencies even during his time in the Senate.
While speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, the governor said, “Coming to Kaduna, I also revived the Kaduna State Vigilance Service”.
“As we are speaking right now, in the next week, we are going to recruit at least 7,000 youths who are going to be running our Kaduna State Vigilance Service.”
He argued that this move was necessary because “security agencies are lacking the boots” to combat crime and terror.
“And of course, they need the support of our local vigilance service. As of today, we have only 2,000 but we are recruiting another 7,000 to make them 9,000,” the former lawmaker explained.
“And I am happy both the commissioner of police, the director of DSS, and even the GOC here in Kaduna, are all involved in making sure that all our vigilance service is having adequate training. We are using the police college to train them and that is very key.”
