Enugu State Government on Monday donated additional 29 patrol vans to 10 security agencies in the state in response to recent rise of insecurity in parts of the state.
This is coming eight days after the police command in the state was gifted with 65 patrol vans by the state government.
Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, of Enugu state, while presenting the Innoson patrol vehicles, said that the gesture was part of ongoing efforts to rejig the security architecture of the state.
Ugwuanyi said that it had become compelling to strengthen and equip security agencies in the state to be able to tackle crime.
He said that the state government had also taken delivery of hundreds of motorcycles and bicycles, adding that it had also placed order for automated drones.
The governor lauded the roles of the security agencies in protecting the lives and property of residents of the state.
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Ugwuanyi charged them to deploy the vehicles for their intended use.
The organizations that benefited from the latest gesture include the Nigerian Army, 8, Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), 6, Nigerian Air Force, 3, Nigerian Immigration Services, 2 and Nigerian Customs Service, 1.
The rest are the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency, 1, Nigerian Correctional Services, 1, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), 1, Federal Road Safety Corps, 1 and Department of State Security (DSS), 5.
In an interview, the Commandant of the NSCDC in the state, Mr Evaristus Obiyo, said that the gesture would spur them to do more in securing residents of the state.
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