Security Group Hails Ugwuanyi's Investment In Security

An NGO, Enugu Safety Watch has commended Enugu State Governor, Chief Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for investing massively in securing the state.

The group disclosed that the state ranks top among states in Nigeria that have made great investments in security for the protection of lives and properties of it’s residents in the current dispensation.

They dismissed reports that there was reign of terror in the state, stressing that the state government has been up and doing in ensuring that the state maintains it’s safest state sobriquet in Nigeria.

The group also said that the state government has the highest state-funded vigilante and neighborhood watches in the country with 20 personal in each 260 wards of the state, bringing it to a total of 5200.

Director of the Enugu Safety Group, John Ezenwa made the disclosure in an interview on Sunday.

“Enugu State is truly in the hands of God and no force can be greater than the supreme power.

“In its determination to the resolution of insecurity matters, the state government procured and donated 100 units of Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing (IVM) patrol vans with communication gadgets to the security agencies to aid their operations

“The 1,700 Forest Guards was the first in the South East geo-political zone which as not been unequaled in any part of the country.

“In repositioning and strengthening the state Vigilante/Neighbourhood Watch groups, the Enugu state government purchased 260 security vehicles for Community Policing operations.

“It also procured and distributed 260 motorcycles and 300 bicycles to the 260 electoral wards in the state to complement the security logistics in the state, and which facilitated the operations of the Forest Guards

“The state government went ahead to actualise the construction of 76 Police Mobile Force Squadron Facility at Ekwegbe, Igbo-Etiti LGA, an area now being utilise against kidnap operation along Enugu-Nsukka road.

“Only recently, the State Government Tuesday held an emergency security meeting at Government House, Enugu, to review the security situation in the state.”