Uba Sani, the governor of Kaduna State, has announced his plan to hire 7,000 young people to help security forces tackle instability.
Kaduna, located in the country’s northwest, is dealing with security challenges such as banditry and kidnapping. Sani, who has been in office for just three months, has indicated his intention to involve young people in crime prevention efforts.
He explained that as a senator, he was always a champion for state police, and he plans to begin the recruitment process shortly.
In an interview with Channels TV on Monday, Sani said, “Coming to Kaduna, I also revived the Kaduna State Vigilance Service.
“As we are speaking right now, in the next week, we are going to recruit at least 7,000 youths who are going to be running our Kaduna State Vigilance Service.”
According to Sank, the development became expedient because “security agencies are lacking the boots” in their fight against insecurity.
“And of course, they need the support of our local vigilance service. As of today, we have only 2,000, but we are recruiting another 7,000 to make them 9,000,” the former lawmaker explained.
“And I am happy that both the commissioner of police, the director of DSS, and even the GOC here in Kaduna are all involved in making sure that all our vigilance services have adequate training. We are using the police college to train them, and that is very key,” he added.
In the same vein, the governor stated that the state government is working with religious organizations and other stakeholders to combat criminal activity in the state.
Furthermore, he said that conversations with other northern governors are underway to develop effective methods to address the issue of insecurity.
“As I am speaking with you, we are on the same page. We are trying our best to make sure we have a joint operation,” he said.
