The Kwara State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed, has identified community policing as an effective and efficient means of tackling various security challenges in the country.
Ahmed said this when he received the new Commissioner of Police in the state, Lawan Ado, at the Government House, Ilorin.
He proffered community policing as a feasible option in the extant battle against insurgency, kidnapping and other forms of security threats to the country’s corporate existence.
Governor Ahmed charged the police to strengthen the existing police-public relationship with communities in order to resolve issues militating against peaceful coexistence among various groups.
While commending the outgone Commissioner of Police in the State, Olusola Amore (retd), for the introduction of community policing, Ahmed advised the new Commissioner of Police to adopt the style in order to strengthen existing peace and harmony across the state.
He promised logistics support for Ado in order to make the state safer for its citizens and investors.
According to the governor: “No development can be recorded in an unsafe environment.
“So, as a responsible and responsive government, we are committed to making the state a haven for investors.”
Earlier Ado promised to do his best to maintain peace, law and order in the state.
“Kwara State is a state of harmony. I intend to work hard towards sustaining the harmonious environment,” Ado promised.
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