Yinka Kolawole in Osogbo
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has been eulogised for his pro-activeness in ensuring that the state retains its position as the safest state in Nigeria.
The state Commissioner for Rural Development and Community Affairs, Hon Gani Olaoluwa, made the commendation while declaring open a one-day workshop for unconventional security groups in the state.
The workshop, which was held at the State Development Centre, Abere, afforded the commissioner the opportunity to explain the rationale behind the workshop.
With the theme: ‘Security Consciousness and Crime Prevention/Distribution of Essential Working Tools’, Olaoluwa said the workshop was put together to enable the groups to understand the nitty-gritty of effective community policing, so as to sanitise the society from disgruntled elements.
In their separate lectures, retired Police AIG, Olafimihan Adeoye, and a security expert, Mr. Olatidoye Gbadegesin, contended that the security of lives and property is the responsibility of all for the total safety of society.
The duo enjoined the attendees of the workshop to always endeavour to complement the painstaking efforts of security agencies to prevent people from taking laws into their hands and ensuring that lives and property are secure.
Also speaking, the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Mr. Oladapo Fashina, advised non-state actors, such as the vigilante groups and local hunters, to replicate the state government’s gesture by passing the knowledge garnered at the workshop to their colleagues in their respective local government areas.
Reacting separately, the Oluode of Osogbo land, Chief Okeloye Tajudeen, and the Commandant of the Vigilance Group in the state, Mr. Bello Aderemi, while appreciating the good works of Governor Adeleke in the state, pleaded with him to accord the local hunters their rightful place in the scheme of things in order to give them a sense of belonging.
He told the governor the imperativeness of getting VGN members employed just like the Western Nigerian Security Network known as Amotekun, with good remuneration for optimum performance.
The highlight of the programme was the distribution of essential working tools for effective service delivery
