Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has asserted that his
sacrifices particularly with regards to expenses on security in a bid to ensure
that citizens are safe and secured would be more appreciated after his tenure
adding that no amount of money could be quantified to human lives.
The governor made this assertion on Tuesday while speaking
on the Nigerian Television Authority’s Breakfast show, where discussions around
the roles of Governors in national security were on the top burner.
He said, “When I assumed office, I studied the environment,
although I knew about the challenges before contesting office as the governor
but it’s a different ballgame when you step into the office and you have to
begin to learn on the job”.
Governor Bello revealed that his first port of call was to
bring on board the leaders of security agencies in the state in a plan to
establish synergy and intelligence sharing having discovered that security
agencies were working at cross purposes.
”We also put up some basic infrastructures and gadgets while
identifying some of the elements that affected the citizen, he noted” he said.
The governor said despite being bordered by 10 states, his
administration has continued to synergize with all its neighbours adding that
at the very beginning of his administration he requested President Muhammadu
Buhari to direct the security chiefs to support him in tackling insecurity
Bello said “I have never been helpless as a governor over
insecurity matters because I hold it as a responsibility to guarantee the
security and safety of our citizens. I have no interest hence even if it is my
brother that was caught in the act of criminality, I will deal decisively with
such a person”.
The governor claimed he was ready to step on toes as long as
it guarantees the protection of the lives of citizens, stressing that despite
the numerous issues in the country, decisive and effective leadership was
required to flush out bad eggs in the system.
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