No hiding place for criminals in Kano State, as they
are always on the run obviously of the fact of been caught and arrested by security
in the state, the state Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has said.
Ganduje maintained that 95 percent of victims of
kidnapped whose money was forcefully collected as ransom have been recovered
and their kidnappers also arrested in the state.
The governor disclosed this at the weekend when he
responded to questions from journalists in Yola, the Adamawa State capital.
Ganduje further explained that the successes security
agencies have realised in the state were as a result of a formidable security
network instituted by his administration in collaboration with all security
agencies, hunters association, traditional rulers, religious leaders, youth
leaders and the people of Kano.
He added that cameras, Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) and some powerful security equipment which he cannot mention
publicly are used to track and arrest criminals when they run into the state to
hide.
According to him, "That is why most of the
kingpins of kidnapping and other perpetrators of criminal activities in others
states, when they run into Kano, assuming that it is a big city and a good
hideout where they won’t be noticed, they end up being caught by security agencies."
He said the only way out of the security challenges
bedeviling Nigeria is government strong will to introduce community policing;
empower security agencies with logistics and security equipment in
collaboration with the citizens of the state to divulge intelligence reports
and information that would assist in tracking criminals.
Ganduje said every state has its peculiar security
challenge, therefore, it is left for its government to devise means of tackling
the security challenges according to its security peculiarity.
The governor, while also responding to health
issues in his state, said more than N200 million is saved in the account of the
state Health Trust Fund monthly, which was set up to enhance healthcare
services.
He said the fund was initiated to strengthen health
care through the prompt provision of drugs and facilities to hospitals.
Ganduje said: “We have done much in healthcare
provision to the extent that the state government had introduced a health
development trust fund where five and one percent of the state and local
government areas’ monthly Internally Generated Revenues (IGRs) are being kept.
“Every month, we get almost N200 million into the
Health Development Trust Fund which is meant for the provision of necessary and
immediate health facilities, drugs among others across the state.”
He said his administration had also introduced a
contributory health scheme for civil servants and their families to enable them
access health services at a very affordable rate.
On education, the governor said his administration
has made basic and secondary education free and compulsory for every child in
the state.
“We decided that the girl-child and Almajiri system
of education be given priority and
integrated into the formal school system,” Ganduje added.
He said the state government had embarked on the renovation
of primary and secondary schools, training of teachers and provision of
instructional materials
However, Ganduje said he was in Yola to attend the wedding ceremony of his in-laws.
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