Centre Partners Taraba Govt To Mop Up Arms, End Banditry

The National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW), Northeast Zonal Centre, nether the bureau of the National Security Adviser to President Bola Tinubu, has partnered with the Taraba State Government to curb the menace of the proliferation of illicit tiny arms and airy weapons successful the country.

Speaking during a courtesy sojourn to Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba State, the Northeast zonal manager of NCCSALW, Maj-Gen Abubakar Adamu (rtd), said the collaboration with governors would spell a agelong mode successful curtailing the menace of the proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) and ending banditry successful the country.

“We are present to sensitise and amended the radical connected the dangers of the usage of illicit SALW and besides to talk with our stakeholders, peculiarly each the arms-bearing units, connected however we tin collaborate to halt the proliferation of these arms successful our communities.

“We came present to manner retired and archer the stakeholders our strategies connected however to halt the proliferation of SALW, arsenic good arsenic however to halt radical from manufacturing oregon fabricating them,” helium said.

The zonal manager explained that the Centre was moving successful collaboration with each stakeholders successful the state to mop up each SALW for onward destruction.

According to him, the Centre has been mandated by the national authorities to prosecute immoderate idiosyncratic progressive successful the proliferation of illicit weapons successful the state and is truthful seeking much enactment and collaboration from each stakeholders.

While highlighting the antagonistic interaction of the proliferation of illicit SALW connected peaceful coexistence successful the federation and its socio-economic activities, helium pledged the Centre’s continued practice with each stakeholders, particularly successful quality sharing, which helium said was paramount successful preventing the proliferation of these weapons.

Responding, Governor Kefas, represented by the Speaker of the Taraba State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. John Kizito Bonzena, appreciated the Zonal Director for the sojourn and assured him of the authorities government’s practice successful discharging his authoritative duties.

The Governor emphasised the value of collaboration successful maintaining bid and information successful the state and pledged the government’s committedness to moving intimately with the Centre.

Similarly, the Centre paid a courtesy sojourn to the Commander, 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke, Brig-Gen Kingsley Uwa, for much collaboration and synergy.

In his response, Brig-Gen Uwa stated that the proliferation of SALW fuels violence, undermines peace, and hinders development.

“Addressing it, therefore, requires corporate effort from each and sundry, not lone from the Armed Forces and information agencies but besides from authorities institutions, communities, civilian society, and so each citizen,” helium said.