President Bola Tinubu has restated his administration’s resolve to strengthen council areas to tackle insecurity in the country.
He said the councils, being the closest government to the people, are strategically positioned to promote human security by delivering essential services like health, education, sanitation and social welfare programmes directly to communities where they are most needed.
He made the vow at the ‘National Dialogue on Nigeria’s Security Challenges and Good Governance at the Local Government Level’, organised by the House of Representatives in Abuja.
Represented by the Minister of Defence, Mohammed Abubakar, the President said the persisting insecurity poses a serious threat to the safety and welfare of the country.
He lamented insurgency, terrorism, banditry, and other forms of criminality have inflicted untold suffering on the people and undermined the collective…
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