December 30, (THEWILL) – The Department of State Service (DSS) has called for closer collaboration between security agencies and stakeholders to enhance the security network in the North-East region of the country.
Directors of the Service in the Northeast made the call on Thursday, in Gombe, at the 10th North-East conference of State Directors of the DSS.
The conference is being organised by the Service to enable participants to strategize toward improving security in the region.
The DSS Director in Gombe State, Abba Adams, said the conference was a solutions-oriented initiative of the Service.
Adams said the aim is to bring together state directors of the service to brainstorm on the general security situation of their respective areas to find solutions to peculiar challenges in the region.
He said at the end of the conference, participants were expected to produce workable solutions to the security challenges in the region.
The director listed some of the security threats in the region including insurgency, kidnapping, banditry, thuggery, pastoralists/farmers clashes as well as youth restiveness.
He commended Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, for prioritising the issues, noting that the state had been peaceful despite security challenges in the region.
On his part, the DSS Director in Bauchi State, Hussaini Abdullahi, said no security agency could effectively secure the nation without collaboration from other sister agencies.
“Whichever agency you belong to, whenever you feel that another agency will be of help, please feel free to request such assistance.
“For us, once such assistance comes, we should endeavour to assist one another. If we work as a team, we will achieve more results and better results with minimal stress. That is why I emphasise that we should always collaborate. That is what will take us to achieve success,” he said.
Also, the Gombe State Commissioner of Police, Oqua Etim, attributed the relative peace in the state to the collective efforts of all stakeholders. Etim called for sustained efforts to maintain the prevailing peace in the state.
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