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Kwara State remains one of the most peaceful states in Nigeria and its efforts to strengthen security are well founded, according to the lead officer of the Senior Course 47 of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, Col. Usman Hashim Muhammed.
“Kwara State is one of the most peaceful states, but this fact does not mean that we should relent. It only requires that more efforts are made so that the peace continues and improves in the future,” he said in Ilorin at an interactive session with top government officials on Tuesday.
“It is on this basis that we are here to hear what the government has been doing to achieve the peace the state enjoys.
“After hearing that we will go back and analyse whatever we got and see what we are going to come up with for Kwara State to sustain and possibly improve in the peaceful security it is enjoying.”
A statement by the Deputy Chief Press Secretary, Government House, Ilorin, Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola, revealed that the delegation was received by senior government officials, including representative of the Secretary to the Government of Kwara State and Permanent Secretary on General Service Abdulganiy Yita; Special Adviser to the governor on Media, Alhaji Bashir Adigun; Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Security, Alhaji Muyideen Aliyu; Senior Special Assistant on Religion (Christianity), Rev. Timothy Akangbe; and Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Rafiu Ajakaye.
According to the statement, the Army lauded the peace building efforts of the state government and its initiatives that empower the people of the state.
In a speech to the delegation, SSA Security, Aliyu outlined the security strategies of the government, which he said included massive support for the security agencies and community engagement through the traditional, religious institutions, and vigilante groups.
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