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Bogoro: Education Sector Crisis Cuts Across All Levels

Mosali Edunosa
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Bogoro: Education Sector Crisis Cuts Across All Levels

The problem in the nation’s education sector, according to the Executive Secretary of the Postsecondary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), cuts across the system from primary to secondary and tertiary levels of learning.

Bogoro praised the federal government for promising to gradually increase the education budget to fund research and drive global competitiveness in the country during the 13th Thematic Meeting of the TETFund Research and Development Standing Committee, RDSC, on Education, which was held virtually on Wednesday.

He also praised the federal government for taking recent measures toward professionalizing teaching and announcing special allowances for teachers, among other things.

Bogoro pointed out that the government’s recent announcement is one example of how basic education is recognized as the cornerstone.

He said, “The retirement age of our teachers has been moved from 60 to 65. I think this is very encouraging for teachers. Of course I mentioned earlier that those in the sciences will have better emoluments attached to their allowances.

“Government has announced its intention from the budget year of 2022 to raise education budget by 50 per cent and scale it up and gradually double it to 100 per cent by the year 2025.

“To me that was something that was not immediately expected or anticipated but government has made the pronouncement. So I imagine that the 2022 budget will reflect that 50 per cent increase,” he said.

Speaking further, the TETFund boss said he looks forward to a situation where some of the areas that have suffered from inadequate funding from the appropriation window will be taken care of, with the added increase, including the funds that will be made available to institutions.

He said the funds will help in increasing the funding made available through appropriation for even personnel and that the capital allocation made to public universities, polytechnics and colleges of Education will also increase.

“The most vibrant economies are so because they have allowed education to dictate the way forward through qualitative research, to make a difference. In Nigeria it cannot be different.

“In Nigeria for instance, there is no doubt, the facts are there that the south west zone have a comparative advantage over the other five geopolitical zones because of their consistent and massive investment in education starting from the time of late Obafemi Awolowo, with free education from the foundation upwards,” he said.

The TETFund boss also disclosed that the draft law for the establishment of the National Research and Development Foundation (NRDF) has been submitted to the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, for inputs before transmission to the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for approval and onward submission to the National Assembly.

Also in his presentation, immediate Past President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Abiodun Ogunyemi, stressed that education remains the bedrock for every knowledge based economy and sustainable national development.

Ogunyemi who was the lead presenter, insists that education must inter-phase with other sectors of the economy and national life, adding that an integrated policy framework was needed to bind all the various sectors together for sustainable development to occur.

According to him, education, research and development were cross cutting issues for national development, even as he added that there was need for the government to transform tertiary education in the country to allow for an inbuilt research and development eco system.

He said: “Setting Nigeria’s research agenda under the context of R&D involves transitioning from research for publication to enabling problem solving research, increasing thought-out of human power, strengthening of IP regulations, technology transfer and commercialization in that sequence before industrialization”.

Every Day, Inmates Would Be Paid N1,000 For Food

Nnenna Nwankwo
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Every Day, Inmates Would Be Paid N1,000 For Food

The Acting Comptroller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS), Idris Isa, suggested in the 2022 budget estimates that prisoners in Nigeria be entitled to N1,000 per day for daily food.

When the leadership of the NCS came before the Senate Committee on Interior, led by Senator Kashim Shettima (APC Borno Central), to defend the Service’s 2022 budget forecasts, the committee reached the decision.

The NCS boss had previously stated that the present N450 daily feeding stipend for inmates was insufficient to manage correctional centres across the country, adding that 47, 959 of the 66,346 inmates in NCS centers across the country are awaiting trial.

He also revealed that the population had clogged most of the facilities, causing them to fall short of international penitentiary standards.

Senator Kashim Shettima (APC Borno Central), the Committee Chairman, spoke out against the N750 daily meal expense requested for the detainee in front of the other members of the panel.

Senator Chukwuka Utazi (PDP Enugu North) echoed Senator Shettima’s argument, claiming that the recommended N750 by the Acting Comptroller General is insufficient in light of the present value of the naira and the country’s high living expenditures.

“Mr Chairman, I will encourage this committee to increase the recommended N750 per day feeding expense for each inmate at the custodian centres to at least N1,000.00 because no grown-up Nigerian today can survive on N750 per day in terms of feeding,” he added.

Senator Betty Apiafi (PDP Rivers West), seconding the motion, said the N1,000 recommended should be the bare minimum and must be included in the final budget for the correctional service to be passed.

As a result, the Committee Chairman ruled in favor of the motion by striking the gavel on the table, promising to discuss the committee’s decision with Senate leadership.

“The proposed N1, 000.00 is the minimum and will surely be reflected in the budget to be passed by way of required appropriation,” he said.

On the problem of Prison congestion, Senator Utazi asked the committee to have an interface with the CJN and NBA for a way out.

Senator Betty Apiafi suggested that a proper motion should be sponsored on the floor of the Senate by any member of the committee to that effect.

The Chairman in his remarks said legislative action will surely be taken in that direction for required synergy among arms of government.

The committee also stressed the need for renovation of correctional centres across the country to reduce incessant cases of jail break.

This is as the committee planned to meet the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed, the Nigerian Bar Association ( NBA ) and other stakeholders on expeditious justice delivery in decongesting the nation’s prisons.

NYSC Trust Fund Will Assist FG In Lifting 100 Million Nigerians Out Of Poverty, CSO

Toyin Adebayo
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NYSC Trust Fund Will Assist FG In Lifting 100 Million Nigerians Out Of Poverty, CSO

An indigenous Civil Society Organization (CSO), Abuja Grassroots Advocacy Projects, has lobbied for the creation of a NYSC Trust Fund.

According to Abuja Grassroots, the fund’s creation will effectively complement the Federal Government’s efforts to pull 100 million Nigerians out of poverty.

The organization’s Chief Advocate, Comrade Yunusa Ahmadu Yusuf, stated this on Wednesday during a NYSC Symposium in Abuja on the Importance of Establishing a Trust Fund for the Scheme.

Yusuf applauded the NYSC for the Trust Fund’s proposal, while also urged everyone to support its creation, which will help the Scheme to successfully address the twenty-first century’s rising economic issues and mobilize support for the Trust Fund’s creation.

He also praised the Scheme for providing a forum for individuals to learn more about the NYSC Trust Fund’s value and to propose suggestions to help it become a reality.

He feels that the resolutions agreed at the Symposium have the ability to change the narratives of both the NYSC Scheme and the teeming youth.

He asked the NYSC Management to keep pushing for the fund’s development and to widen the scope of the campaign.

One of the resolutions emphasizes the need of high-profile influencers such as the Scheme’s founding fathers, members of the Executive and Legislative branches of government, the private sector, youth organizations, and student bodies supporting a strong push for the Trust Fund’s realization.

It was also agreed that the Trust Fund should have explicit objectives in order to promote transparency, and that recipients should be chosen based on gender, geopolitical representation, and other relevant demographics in order to achieve the fund’s goals.

According to him, “The NYSC Trust Fund the realisation of the NYSC Trust Fund will effectively complement the Federal Government’s efforts in moving 100 million Nigerians out of poverty as those expected to benefit from the fund would be Corps members who have been trainedthrough the NYSC Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development Programme are expected to train and empower no fewer than five persons from their host Community.”

He said that the recommendation adopted during the NYSC symposium was laudable and should be supported by members of the National Assembly when the Bill for the establishment of the Fund would be presented to them for approval.

“We also want to appeal to President Muhammad to make the bill an Executive Bill when presented to the National Assembly. Because if passed into law, many Nigerians will benefit from it greatly,” he said.

Shuaib Denounces Advocating For $200M Loan For Malaria Nets

Akeem Adebayo
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Shuaib Denounces Advocating For $200M Loan For Malaria Nets

 
Dr. Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NHPCDA), denied asking for a $200 million loan for the importation and local production of mosquito nets in the country on Wednesday.

He made this statement in response to reports that he advocated for a $200 million loan to fund the importation and local production of mosquito nets in the country.

According to a statement signed and made accessible to newsmen in Abuja by the Head, Public Relations Unit, Mohammad Ohitoto, “this assertion is not only false, but also a fiction of the writer’s imagination, as the CEO has never talked or provided an interview about the malaria program.”

He said, “It is pertinent to state that the Malaria programme is the responsibility of the National Malaria Elimination Programme (FMOH). Therefore, the NPHCDA Chief Executive has no reason whatsoever to discuss or advocate for funding for such intervention. This news is outrightly unfounded and fake and should be disregarded by all well-meaning Nigerians”, he said.

Recalled that, the Senate on Tuesday voted to reject the Federal Ministry of Health’s intention to borrow $200 million to buy mosquito nets for the ’13 Orphaned States’ (vulnerable states).

Sen. Yahaya Ibrahim Oloriegbe of the Senate Committee on Health poked holes in the request, claiming that Nigeria already had a loan from the Global Fund for Malaria for the same purpose.

The Committee also informed Mahmuda Mamman, the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry, who submitted the submission in support of the Ministry’s budget forecasts for 2022, that the health sector had received enhanced financial allocation from the executive in the previous two years.

The National Assembly’s Upper Chamber also approved special financial provisions for the health sector to deal with the Covid-19 outbreak, according to the report, insisting on “a precise picture of the ministry’s complete demand so that we know what the $200 million loan from the World Bank is for.”

Sen. Oloriegbe, the Committee’s Chairman, chastised the Ministry’s envoy for failing to offer appropriate proof to justify the loan request, claiming that it was a plot to provide “money and jobs for the lads” by someone in Washington, DC.

In its defense, the Ministry stated that the loan would be distributed among 13 ‘Orphaned States’ (vulnerable) that lack Malaria funding.

According to the Permanent Secretary, the transfer of the $200 million credit facility expected from the World Bank will also provide funds for Malaria treatment in 208 local government areas and 3,536 health facilities that do not have access to malaria treatment facilities.

The loan will also be used to procure nets / medicines for beneficiaries and medicines to drive required treatment, according to Dr. Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, NPHCDA. It will also be injected to encourage local mosquito net manufacturing and distribution through mass campaigns.

The NPHCDA’s explanation, on the other hand, did not sit well with parliamentarians, who demanded an additional paper to clarify the thorny subject.

PDP May Exit Ekiti, Other States Due to Conflicting Delegates at National Convention

Ola Akinola
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PDP May Exit Ekiti, Other States Due to Conflicting Delegates at National Convention

As members petition Ekweremadu’s committee on Anyanwu, Arapaja, Olafeso,other issues

If a court order is issued before the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national convention on October 30th and 31st, the party may remove conflicting delegates from Ekiti and one other state.

Senator Samuel Anyanwu, Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja, Dr Eddy Olafeso, and others have petitioned the Appeal Subcommittee headed by former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, regarding their candidacy.

Ifeanyi Okowa, the Chairman of the Accreditation Subcommittee and Governor of Delta State, spoke to reporters shortly after the meeting of the Accreditation Subcommittee, saying that if there is a court order on conflict delegates, the party will have no choice but to expel those delegates.

He said: “There are no issues concerning delegates election. But in about one or two states, we still have issues, people contending in court as to whether some elected officials at the state should be there. There’s one is Ekiti state and one other state. The legal adviser will before the end of the day offer us advice on it so that we will know what to do. So I don’t think we will have any issue with that.”

On conflicting delegates, he said, “we may likely not have conflicting delegates, but wherever we think that there is a court order, we have no choice than to exit those delegates. Except for the statutory delegates who by their right and positions held in the past are not by reasons of election are suppose to be delegates.”

Addressing newsmen before their meeting, Ekweremadu, who is the Chairman of the Appeal Subcommittee, explained that there is an appeal process for those who are not satisfied with the outcome of the screening committee’s report.

“So, that appeal process is what is taking place today under my leadership, chairman of the screening appeal committee,” he said.

Ekweremadu further explained that the committee is made up of 24-member committee drawn from different parts of the country, adding that they are people with vast knowledge and experience, whom the party believe will be able to correct any injustice if there’s any.

He said: “It is in pursuant of that, that this morning after receiving some complaints that we decided to meet and listen to those complaints.

“On the whole, we received about five appeals, one is in respect of the non clearance of the Deputy National Secretary, by the aspirant himself, Hon. Akintan Kareem.

“There is also a petition in respect of clearance of the Deputy National Youth Leader from Edo state for not being a party member, one Timothy Osadolor.

“One of the petitions is in respect of Usman Sani Shehu, an aspirant for National Youth Leader for forgery of certificates and age falsification.

“We also received an appeal in respect of another aspirant for youth leader, Mohammed Usman for non resignation of current position as a youth leader in his ward.

“We also received the petition against the clearence of Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja as Deputy National Chairman (South) for non resignation of his existing position

“We received three petitions, two of those petitions were in respect of the clearance of Senator Sam Anyanwu as aspirant for National Secretary claiming that he has taking the party to court previously, against the party’s constitution without exploring the internal mechanism of the party for complain.

“There’s also a third petition actually in support of the disqualification of Dr Eddy Olafeso as for aspirant of National Publicity Secretary. But you will note that Dr Eddy did not appeal his non clearance..

“But no matter what is our feelings about those appeals and petitions, what we intend to do as a very responsible body is to listen to all those that have written to us and hear from them, look at the documents before us and possibly we reconvene to look at the presentations and documents and be able to drop a report, which we will send to the party as soon as possible.”

Senate Rejects Mosquito Net Loan Request of $200 Million

Saladin Babagana
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Senate Rejects Mosquito Net Loan Request of $200 Million

…Insists Ministry of Health Must Justify Demand

The Senate voted on Tuesday to reject the Federal Ministry of Health’s intention to borrow $200 million to buy mosquito nets for the ’13 Orphaned States’ (vulnerable states).

Sen. Yahaya Ibrahim Oloriegbe of the Senate Committee on Health poked holes in the request, claiming that Nigeria already had a loan from the Global Fund for Malaria for the same purpose.

The Committee also informed Mahmuda Mamman, the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry, who submitted the submission in support of the Ministry’s budget forecasts for 2022, that the health sector had received enhanced financial allocation from the executive in the previous two years.

The National Assembly’s Upper Chamber also approved special financial provisions for the health sector to deal with the Covid-19 outbreak, according to the report, insisting on “a precise picture of the ministry’s complete demand so that we know what the $200 million loan from the World Bank is for.”

Sen. Oloriegbe, the Committee’s Chairman, chastised the Ministry’s envoy for failing to offer appropriate proof to justify the loan request, claiming that it was a plot to provide “money and jobs for the lads” by someone in Washington, DC.

In its defense, the Ministry stated that the loan would be distributed among 13 ‘Orphaned States’ (vulnerable) that lack Malaria funding.

According to the Permanent Secretary, the transfer of the $200 million credit facility expected from the World Bank will also provide funds for Malaria treatment in 208 local government areas and 3,536 health facilities that do not have access to malaria treatment facilities.

The loan will also be used to procure nets / medicines for beneficiaries and medicines to drive required treatment, according to Dr. Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, NPHCDA. It will also be injected to encourage local mosquito net manufacturing and distribution through mass campaigns.

The NPHCDA’s explanation, on the other hand, did not sit well with parliamentarians, who demanded an additional paper to clarify the thorny subject.

Another sticky issue was the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control’s (NCDC) Covid-19 preparedness and response project, Cod – Pre 1 & 2, which filed an initial application for $100 million for the 2018-2020 External Borrowing Plan.

Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, the agency’s new Director General, was unable to provide acceptable defense for elements in the prior DG’s document.

He stated that the second Covid-19 emergency response requested an additional $400 million for vaccine purchases.

This did not sit well with the Committee members, as Senator Oloriegbe pointed out that NCDC has a lot of local resources and questioned “why it needs to borrow $400 million from the World Bank.”

The Committee also questioned why vaccine funds were being held by the NCDC rather than the NPHCDA, which it claims has the legal, institutional, and technical expertise to manage the situation.

National Convention: Appeal Court To Decide PDP Fate On Thursday

Ola Akinola
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National Convention: Appeal Court To Decide PDP Fate On Thursday

The Appeal Court will on Thursday declare whether the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will have its national convention or not.

The Appeal Court in Port Harcourt has set Thursday, October 28th, 2021 as the date for hearing and ruling on the request for Interim order of injunction filed by the party’s suspended National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, against the PDP and others.

Prince Uche Secondus, through his lawyer Tayo Oyetibo, has asked the court to postpone the party’s National Convention on October 30th and 31st.

He also wants Secondus to preside over the convention, which he is requesting from the court.

When the case came up in court, six other PDP members called the court’s attention to their plea for joinder, which was not opposed by Secondus’ counsel.

The appeal court’s three-person bench eventually granted their motion.

The defense attorneys, including those who joined the lawsuit, were opposed to Secondus’ counsel filing an application for an interim injunction to stop the PDP’s upcoming National Convention, and sought for more time to respond to the process.

After hearing the arguments from both sides, the three-member appeal panel led by Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani directed plaintiff’s counsel to “service the process to the defendants Counsel within twenty-four hours, while respondents counsels should react within twenty-four hours.”

He adjourned the matter to 28th of October, for hearing and possible ruling on the motion.

IGP Overhauls Security Landscape Ahead Of Anambra Polls

Roland Edet
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IGP Overhauls Security Landscape Ahead Of Anambra Polls

…Deploys DIG Joseph Egbunike As Coordinating DIG Election Duties

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered a significant makeover of Anambra State’s security environment ahead of the state’s gubernatorial elections on November 6, 2021.

According to the Force Spokesperson, CP Frank Mba, the overhauling includes the deployment of chosen seasoned Strategic Commanders from the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police and above to Anambra State for efficient supervision of security personnel and operations during the elections.

The IGP stated that Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Joseph Egbunike has been assigned to Anambra State as the Coordinator of the Election Security Component.

DIG Egbunike is tasked with overseeing the implementation of the Operation Order resulting from the Election Security Threat Assessment, in order to ensure a peaceful environment free of violence and conducive enough to allow law-abiding citizens to carry out their civic responsibilities without fear of harassment or intimidation.

The statement reads; “Egbunike will be assisted by the DIG in-charge of Operations, Acting DIG Zaki Ahmed. Other Strategic Commanders deployed to Anambra State include five Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs), fourteen 14 Commissioners of Police (CPs), thirty-one 31 Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs) and forty-eight 48 Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs).

“The Senior Officers are to coordinate human and other operational deployments in the three (3) Senatorial Districts, twenty-one 21 Local Government Areas and the 5720 polling units in Anambra State.”

The IGP reassured the nation that the Force is adequately prepared for the Gubernatorial Elections in Anambra State come November 6th, 2021.
He reiterated that the Force will do everything within its powers to work with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and all stakeholders to protect democratic values, provide level playing field for all political actors, ensure adequate protection of voters, INEC personnel and equipment, accredited observers and other key players in Anambra State.

This is as he called on citizens in Anambra State to come out en masse and exercise their franchise as adequate security has been emplaced to protect them before, during and after the elections

FG Make Moves To End Labour Casualization

Shehu Danladi
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FG Make Moves To End Labour Casualization

… As Ngige Carpet Banks, Others For Encouraging Practice

The federal government has taken steps to end worker casualization in the country by publishing a policy directive on job casualization.

Senator Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Productivity, made the announcement during a one-day public hearing on the Prohibition of Casualisation in Nigeria Establishment Bill, 2021, hosted by the Senate Committee on Employment, Labour, and Productivity.

The Minister expressed concern over casualization of work, telling legislators that perpetrators include the banking, oil and gas, and communication sectors.

Most organizations that engage in the practice, he claims, do so at great risk, adding that “research has shown that most frauds in the banking sector are done by casualised personnel because they believe their employment are not secure.”

This came as he stated that no sane government will allow inhumanity to continue in the guise of employment, and that the federal government is working around the clock to put an end to the problem.

Senator Ngige also pleaded with the committee to postpone action on the Bill to allow the federal government to speak with relevant labor stakeholders in order to develop a policy that is acceptable to everybody.

“The Bill is very tricky and we must manage it in such a way that both employers, workers and other stakeholders including the government will buy into it when the bill is eventually passed into law” he stressed.

In his presentation before the Committee, the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari who was represented by the Group Executive Director, Corporate Services, Aisha Farida Katagum urged the committee to give the NNPC some time to study and review the Bill before taking a position.

She stressed that with the passage of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), the NNPC is currently undergoing some reforms which may address the issues raised in the bill.

Katagum also dismissed the fear expressed by the Nigeria Labour Congress that there would be a massive sack of workers in the oil giant due to the ongoing reforms in the gas sector.

“My Group Managing Director (GDM) plays value on workers and the reforms in the oil and gas sector will be carried out with a human face,” Katagum said.

The Sponsor of the Bill, Senator Ayo Akinyelure (APC Ondo State) identified labour casualisation as a subject of great concern, insisting that “more workers continue to groan under this immoral strategy of cutting cost by employers rendering them inferior to their counterparts in other countries of the world.”

Senator Akinyelure further listed the objectives of the Bill to include “protecting vulnerable workers against unfair labour practices by way of casualisation, imposing a legal duty on employers of labour both in private and public sector establishments to convert casual employment to permanent status among others.”

In his closing remarks, Committee Chairman, Senator Godiya Akwashiki said all the stakeholders will be given more time to review the legislation as the committee hopes to invite them to a public hearing for further action.

Insecurity: FCTA To Implement Zero-tolerance Policy Against Criminality In Abuja

Toyin Adebayo
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Insecurity: FCTA To Implement Zero-tolerance Policy Against Criminality In Abuja

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) is implementing a zero-tolerance policy for insecurity and other related violations in the nation’s capital. 

Dr. Bello Abdullateef, Director, Administration and Finance of the FCTA Department of Security Services, gave this hint while speaking with journalists on Tuesday in Abuja.

The Director, who also told residents of the territory that security agencies are working hard to combat abduction and other social vices, stated that the government is working relentlessly with competent security authorities to achieve zero tolerance for crime in the FCT. 

Abdullateef, also advised inhabitants of the FCT to continually give information about crime to security agencies, claiming that security services are not spirit but human organizations that rely on residents’ participation to do their jobs. 

His words, “So if we agree that security is a business for everyone, then of course, there is a need for us to Bluetooth on the residents to ensure that security is guaranteed, but let me use this medium again to reassure the residents that the security agencies are on top of their game and they are working hard to ensure zero tolerance to crimes and criminality in the FCT.” 

The FCT Security agencies have mobilised personnel to contain most of the wanton security developments within the city. 

“I think we have to look at it from two perspectives; from the internal security arrangements within the FCT and from the suburbs of the FCT, where we have a prevalence of criminality like kidnapping. From within, I can reliably tell you that the situation is calm given the period under review. And if you move around the city, you will see this development for yourself”.

But within the suburbs, particularly the area councils, there are notable kidnapping cases that have been published in the media within Kuje and Bwari Area Councils, he explained.

Speaking on the effort of the administration in collaboration with G7 states, the FCT Director of Administration and Finance hinted that the administration, in collaboration with G7 states, is working relentlessly to address the menace of kidnapping within the city and its neighbouring states.

He said, “Because most of the activities of kidnapping, even though there may be one or two cases, the administration will ensure we nip it in the bud. Especially during this  ember period. He gave assurance that they have an action plan to push all these criminals out of the FCT entirely.

While fielding questions from reporters on whether it was the economic challenges that catalysed criminality, Abdullateef said, “You know what you have as criminality is mere symptoms of security in a wider perspective, because if somebody is not employed, that person is not secure, if people feel that their welfare, their rights are not properly addressed, they will feel insecure”. 

“Security in itself is a generic term for lack of protection. So, if you say, “the economic situation in the country could be the reason why we have a high rate of incidents of crime, you are not out of place”. 

Commenting on the role of the traditional rulers and religious leaders in addressing the menace of insecurity within the city, the Director said, “Of course, when you begin to look at the non-kinetic elements of security, you cannot rule out the traditional rulers and the religious leaders. They are all mobilised and they are all part of the highest security body of the FCT security committee”.

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