Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has urged the Federal
Government to grant licenses to responsible citizens to carry sophisticated
weapons such as AK47 to deter criminals from attacking innocent and helpless
Nigerians.
The Governor made this known during the virtual meeting
convened by Centre for Values in Leadership, CVL, in collaboration with Nigeria
Governors’ Forum, NGF on Tuesday.
He also said the policy should be backed by a strict legal
framework to prevent illegal possession of arms by the citizenry without exception.
According to him, governments at all levels should come to
terms with the fact that insecurity is a real threat to development of the
country and be willing to sincerely tackle the menace.
He also recommended adequate funding of security agencies
and continuous training of their personnel to enable them to be abreast of
global dynamics in the fight against insecurity.
”I urge the Federal Government to embrace ranching as it is
the global best practice of animal husbandry and enacts a law to end open
grazing which often comes with attacks on farming communities by armed herdsmen
militia.
”The Federal Government should ensure that there is improved
educational standard and enhanced public enlightenment campaigns to give the
people, particularly youths the needed orientation to shun negative acts and
become more patriotic.
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