House Of Reps Want Security Infrastructure Of Rural Communities Strengthened

The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Ministry of Interior and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to establish, upgrade and adequately equip constabulary outposts and information stations successful identified agrarian flashpoints crossed Kebbi State and different affected parts of the country.

This was sequel to the adoption of a question connected “Need to Strengthen Security Infrastructure successful Rural Communities of Kebbi State and different parts of the Country,” sponsored by Hon. Ibrahim Mohammed from Kebbi State astatine plenary connected Wednesday.

Moving the motion, Mohammed noted the rising question of insecurity crossed agrarian communities successful Nigeria, peculiarly successful Kebbi state, wherever incessant attacks by bandits, cattle rustlers, kidnappers, and different transgression elements have
continued to disrupt farming, displaces residents, and threatens livelihoods starring to the abandonment of farmlands, forced schoolhouse closures, disrupted wellness services, and severely undermined economical activities successful agrarian communities.

He expressed interest that the affected communities lacked the beingness of information personnel, and wherever information formations exist, they were under-resourced, under-staffed, and ill-equipped to respond efficaciously to information threats.

The lawmaker was besides acrophobic that; “the lack of modern information infrastructure specified arsenic patrol vehicles, connection systems, surveillance technology, and operational bases—limits the operational capableness of instrumentality enforcement agencies.”

“Convinced that strengthening agrarian information architecture volition not lone reconstruct bid and nationalist assurance but volition besides boost cultivation production, trim interior displacement, and alteration assemblage development,” helium argued.

Adopting the motion, the House besides urged the Ministry of Police Affairs and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to deploy much unit and supply mobility, surveillance equipment, and connection tools for agrarian patrol operations.

It further asked the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning to prioritise backing agrarian information infrastructure successful the 2026 Appropriation estimates.