Katsina Government Unveils Empowerment Plan For Repentant Bandits

Katsina State Governor, Malam Dikko Radda has announced a multi-pronged programme aimed astatine consolidating bid and discouraging a instrumentality to unit among erstwhile bandits.

In a connection jointly signed by the Commissioner for Information and Culture, Salisu Zango, and the Governor’s Director-General connected Media, Maiwada DanMallam, Governor Radda said the authorities volition supply 152 caller homes for internally displaced families successful Jibia section authorities country and administer concern tools, cattle and business-support packages to repentant fighters.

The connection followed a high-level stakeholders’ closed doorway gathering successful Katsina that brought unneurotic elders, royal fathers, spiritual leaders, erstwhile work chiefs and salient sons and daughters of the authorities to reappraisal information gains, challenges and semipermanent strategies.

Addressing the gathering, the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Dr. Nasiru Muazu who presented a insubstantial connected “The Trend and Dynamics of Banditry, Kidnapping and Cattle Rustling successful Katsina State: Community Participation arsenic a Panacea,” traced the roots of insecurity to greed, climate-driven assets conflicts and long-standing societal grievances.

Muazu noted that banditry expanded from 5 to 25 section governments aft the illness of an earlier amnesty programme.

He highlighted the Radda-led administration’s counter-insurgency measures, including grooming Community Watch Corps, vigilantes and volunteers which were equipped with vehicles, firearms, drones and connection gear.

The commissioner besides mentioned the associated operations with the Nigerian Army, the Police, Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) which helium noted to person forced galore pack leaders to question peace.

Clarifying misconceptions surrounding the bid initiative, the commissioner stressed that the bid agreements were community-driven, with section leaders mediating directly.

He cited caller accords successful Dan Musa, Jibia, Batsari, Kankara, Kurfi and Musawa section authorities areas arsenic specified initiatives astatine the discretion of the section communities.