Bauchi Community Sets Up 370 Member Community Policing Committee - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
October 12, 2021
Hussaini Othman, District Head of Miri, made the disclosure in an interview with the Newsmen in Bauchi.
The community had recorded series of attacks by hoodlums and kidnapping in the past few weeks.
Othman said that the measure was imperative towards promoting community participation in the security architecture towards protecting lives and property.
He said that members of the committee would engage in 24-hour patrol and surveillance to guard against infiltration of criminals and the secure the area.
According to him, community leaders under his lead will partner the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to check drug abuse in the area and that a disease surveillance committee was also set up to facilitate prompt report of disease outbrake to relevant authorities.
The traditional ruler warned his subjects against sale of produce at harvest to avoid subjecting their families to hardship and further admonished the youths to be more enterprising and engage in productive activities to become self-reliant.