Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State on Monday commended the security agencies and youths in the state for maintaining peace and order in spite of the violence and protests that rocked the nation.
The governor gave the commendation in Bauchi during a town hall meeting on security issues organised by the state government in collaboration with the Federal Government.
He said that the security agencies had contributed immensely to the maintenance and promotion of peace in the state through timely reportage of all potentially volatile events, incidences with suggestions of how to tackle them with minimal cost.
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Mohammed further stated that the security agencies had conducted joint patrol for the maintenance of peace in the state in such a manner that most of the trouble areas like Alkaleri, Dass, Tafawa Balewa and Ningi councils had been under constant patrol.
“It is gratifying to know that the relationship between both state government and the security operatives and other stakeholders in the state have been very cordial.
“We are very happy with our security agencies, even though we are giving them very little resources, they have worked very hard, they are working as a family and they are doing so much for us.
“Thank you so much for making us safe and secure, and making us sleep with our eyes closed at the time when the country was on fire. I cherish your patriotism and commitment to your duties,” he said.
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The governor also commended the youth for shunning violence in the state, especially the recent mayhem caused by some youths in some parts of the country all in the name of #EndSARS protest.
“Let me warn here that no politician will be worth his name if he will use his own children, the Nigerian youth or any interest group to perpetuate mayhem in the country just for selfish interest.
“I’m indeed proud of our youths, going by the quality that is evident in them, the strength they displayed and the sincerity of purpose associated with them which made them to eschew the violence that was going on. They did not participate in the last show of mayhem in the name of anti-SARS demonstration.
“I commend them and I’m very proud to be a father of Bauchi youths,” he boasted.
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Mohammed said that the town hall meeting was to serve as a forum to rub minds, exchange views and ideas by participants.
He said that it was with a view to coming up with strategies to identify and check excesses and selfish tendencies by some people, who may want to cause confusion and disorder in the state and the country at large.
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