Security: Fayose promises to empower police

As the nation eagerly awaits the conduct of February general elections and tackling insecurity, Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose, has said his administration would soon provide 20 new patrol vehicles, armour personnel carriers (APC) and other items for the state police command to boost security in thestate.

According to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, in Ado-Ekiti yesterday, the governor said  as much as it was imperative for his administration to make Ekiti a crime-free state, he would always support the Nigeria Police and other security agencies in tackling the security challenges in the state.
The governor said the patrol vehicles would be given to the police soon and that APCs would be bought as the state was liaising with commercial banks. He noted that the state was also monitoring activities of some criminals in some parts of the state.
“We are monitoring some areas, where criminals, such as kidnappers are using for their operation. The issue of security goes beyond leaving it for the police alone. We are going to buy 20 new patrol vehicles for the police and set up Rapid Response Team. Also, Armoured Personnel Carriers will be procured with the help of some banks. We have already beefed up security at Ado Prisons, a new Comptroller has been sent and we are glad that those changes were made there, as there was connivance by some people there with those who broke into the prison recently,” he said.
On water supply, the governor noted that rehabilitation work had
commenced at various water dams across the state.
Fayose said the education sector was being re-positioned, saying
technical education would be given priority, as that was necessary
to produce middle level manpower and artisans for the state.
“We will revive the sector and we will rehabilitate the
colleges and we are starting with the technical college in
Ado-Ekiti,”he added.
He added that the state government had approved the payment of
bursary, adding that local governments had been mandated to start
paying.
He called for patience on the part of the people of the state, as
the revenue projection of the nation was dwindling and that was
affecting the state.
On the call by some people to probe the former administration, he
stated: “I am not going to run after anybody, the energy I
will use in doing that will be used to do better things. I am
taking the necessary steps to retrieve all that have been taken
away.”

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