Southern Kaduna: El-Rufai advocates for additional funding for security agencies

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has called on the Nigerian government to increase the funding of the security agencies to enable them adequately deal with the attacks in the southern part of the state and other internal security challenges across the country.

While briefing a Senate delegation led by Senator Kabiru Gaya, Governor El-Rufai stressed the need for the Federal Government to better equip and up logistical support to troops to further increase the momentum of the war against forms of criminality in the state and Nigeria in general.

The Governor, who claims the state government had so far committed four billion naira in support of security agencies in the state despite having no control over them, noted that if the security agencies were adequately funded, they would enhance the troops’ capacity to combat the insurgency and also boost their morale.

“As the Chief Security Officer of the state, we really do not have control over the security agencies, but we have committed so much in funding security agencies in the state.

“We have bought even bullet proof vest; we have committed four billion naira in support of security agencies in the state.

“There is also need for training and retraining of security agencies, and the purchase of additional security equipment.

“The state government will continue to support the security agencies in the state even though it is the responsibility of the federal government. When we came in we met three main problems on ground, cattle rustling, urban gang and communal killings.