Governor, Abubakar Bello
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello, says he is worried
that the activities of bandits in the north-central region will
affect food production.
Bello, who also chairs the North-Central Governors’ Forum,
stated this on Tuesday in Abuja during an interview on Channels
Television’s Politics Today.
The governor called on the Federal Government to adequately
tackle the security challenges in the country.
“My main concern about this issue is about food security. When
they kidnap for ransom, yes you will say they do that for money,”
he said.
“But why burn farms? Why kill animals? I really want the Federal
Government to really look at it from the several factors that
contribute to this.”
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Speaking further, Governor Bello revealed plans by his
administration to track bandits who attack communities, kill people
and destroy farmlands and animals.
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To the Niger leader, it is easier tracking the miscreants who
appear in large numbers using the Intelligence, surveillance, and
Reconnaissance (ISR).
“To get the right intelligence from the various communities that
are far away from the cities, you must have some form of
technology.
“In the meantime is that we try to track the movements of these
bandits. For those ones that move on 20, 30, 40, 50 motorcycles, it
is easy to pick using an ISR.
“For those ones that move in smaller units, I have to deploy,
for example, things like drones and all that. We have to have
intelligence,” he added.
The governor also asked his colleagues in the north-central
region to work to increase the Internally Generated Revenues in
their respective states.