Governor Uba Sani says Kaduna State Government has mapped out plans to resettle Southern Kaduna communities and the victims displaced by bandits back to their ancestral homes.
The governor disclosed that the collaborative move would be in conjunction with security agencies, particularly Operation Safe Haven. He disclosed this recently while briefing journalists shortly after the State Security Council Meeting held at Sir Kashim Ibrahim Government House, Kaduna recently.
Sani who was flanked by the General Officers Commanding 3 Division and 1 Division Nigerian Army, Major General AbdulSalam Abubakar and Major General Valentine Okoro respectively, said that the government was ready to provide all logistics necessary to resettle the displaced communities to their ancestral homes.
He said the government will be assisting the displaced people to rebuild their destroyed communities where need arises.
According to the governor, “fighting insecurity is the number one agenda of this administration because we believe, without resolving the security challenges, we might not be able to achieve all the development agenda of our government.”
“We have invested a lot in the area of development, but I believe addressing the problem of insecurity is key. And as a government, we have to promise to ensure that our people live in a secured environment.
“We have been able to achieve a lot and we will not relent. We will continue to fight the bandits, the insurgents and the criminals within Birnin Gwari and Southern Kaduna axis. The security reports from the security chiefs have shown that we are making progress, and we will continue to support them in terms of logistics and technology,” the Governor stressed.
On Southern Kaduna persistent security challenges, Sani remarked, “We are working together with Operation Safe Haven under the command of the GOC 3 Division, General Abubakar on the resettlement of displaced Southern Kaduna communities. This is because the security and safety of our people is a fundamental human right of the people, it is not something that the government needs to think twice before doing.”
“It is our responsibility to make sure that everyone that was displaced as a result of insecurity, is returned to their homes safely and the government will do that as its responsibility. Where they need to be supported in terms of rebuilding their community, we will do that. That is the responsibility of the government,” he said.
