Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to a more collaborative effort with security agencies to effectively tackle security challenges across the state.
Governor Bago stated this when he received the Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi at the Niger State Lodge, Abuja.
He said he is determined to reach out to all security outfits to ensure the security of lives and property, as well as peace, are maintained in the state.
The governor appreciated the strides of the NSCDC in the state and that government will continue to provide an enabling environment for them to operate.
The Commandant General, NSCDC, Audi said he was at the state government Lodge to appreciate the efforts of Bago in supporting the command and restated the command’s continued zeal in working in synergy with other security agencies in the fight against banditry, kidnapping, cattle rustling and other twenty-first-century crimes.
He said the command will do its best in carrying out operations in curtailing security threats in the state.
Audi used the forum to sympathise with the governor over the recent tragic incident which claimed the lives and property of some security operatives in the state.
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