The Katsina State Government has said it will not negotiate with any criminal or group of criminals but will put all effort into protecting the populace.
In a Wednesday interview in Katsina with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Dr Nasiru Muazu-Danmusa, the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, revealed this.
The commissioner reaffirmed the state government’s determination to end banditry to eradicate banditry and other security issues in the state.
Additionally, Muazu-Danmusa stated that the state government was putting the required plans in place to allow the state’s internally displaced people (IDPs) to return to their own respective communties.
He said that Governor Dikko Radda’s October 10 launch of the Community Security Watch Corps (KCSWC) was a sign of the state’s commitment to bringing about long-lasting peace.
The commissioner said, ”I think Katsina state has the highest number of IDPs in the North-West as a result of insecurity.
” However, we are making efforts to reverse the negative narrative by putting in place excellent strategies that will address the problem.”
Muazu-Danmusa said that the government had benchmarked salaries of the agency’s opeatives on the basis of the national Minimum Wage.
“We are constructing their offices, providing them with patrol vehicles, motorcycles, weapons, gadgets among others for their effective operations.
“So, we are going in tandem with the provision of the constitution in providing them with all these things,” he said.
The commissioner said that the corps was committed to the call to sacrifice their best for their people and communities.
Muazu-Danmusa added, “The members of the corps are indigenes of their respective communities, they have been in forefront of the fight against the terrorists, they are familiar with the terrain and agreed to protect their people.”
He expressed optimism that with the fervent prayers of the people, the operation would be successful
Muazu-Danmusa also urged the public to intensify efforts to provide credible intelligence information to security agents to enable them to effectively nip crimes in the bud.
. TheWitness
