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Collaboration
By Kabir Muhammad
Abuja, April 6, 2017 (NAN) The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello has assured residents that his administration would continue to collaborate with security agencies to ensure security of lives and property.
Bello gave the assurance when he received a delegation from the Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS), FCT Command, led by the new Controller, Mr. Sylvester Nwakuche on Thursday in Abuja.
According to him, the FCT Administration would continue to support Para-military agencies operating in the FCT to enable them perform their statutory functions.
The minister reiterated that Para-military organisations and other security Agencies play very important roles in the maintenance of law and order in the territory.
“The FCT Administration will provide succour to some of the challenges facing the Nigerian Prisons installations in the Territory to encourage the rehabilitation and reformation of convicts,“ he said.
The minister said that he was discussing with the Ministry of Interior on some of the issues raised by the controller.
“There are some issues in the pipeline for which we are in direct discussion with the Minister of Interior and at the end of the day, if they come to fruition; the benefit is going to be for all of us in the FCT,” he added.
He promised to check the issue of land encroachment around the Kuje Facility to mitigate any negative occurrence.
“We will continue to speak and engage on how we can solve some of the problems one after the other,” he said.
Earlier, Nwakuche appealed to the minister to continue to support the command, particularly in the area of solar lighting within the Kuje prisons vicinity.
He appreciated the minister for his immense assistance to the Nigerian Prisons Service.(NAN)
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Edited by Joseph Edeh/Felix Ajide