Buhari Assent Movement Of Technology To Fight Insecurity In Southeast
President Muhammadu Buhari approved the deployment of highly developed technology to fight against insecurity in the southeast.
Senator Hope Uzodinma, Governor of Imo State, disclosed this to the state house correspondent on Tuesday, after the meeting he had with the president in Abuja.
According to the governor, the approval by the president will ensure the deployment of highly developed surveillance equipment to the region which will foster the fight against insecurity minimal damage.
Moreover, Governor Hope Uzodinma expresses that gratitude to the president for the latest developments that was fast tracked by the president namely, the conversion of the Federal Medical Center Owerri to a University Teaching Hospital for the Federal University of Technology, also the assent to the converted Alvan Ikoku College of Education to a Federal College of Education.
“also thank him for the various supports he gave to us during this our period of security challenges and the support, he’s also given to us in terms of the various approval.
“The approval to convert Federal Medical Center Owerri to a university teaching hospital for the Federal University of Technology, the approval that converted Alvan Ikoku College of Education to a federal college of education.
“Only two weeks ago, Igbos that came home from Lagos and outside South East enjoyed the benefit of the second Niger Bridge something that is worthy of commendation.
“I also appealed to him for further support, to support us with some technological deployments; we have planned to be able to do an advanced kind of security control in the South East. And he has also given his approval to that.
“And in a moment from now, we’ll be getting some surveillance equipment and some modern technologies that will help us manage security so that we can fight crime with little or no collateral damage to the environment.”
He continued with an assurance from the people of Imo State:
“Well, my people are enthusiastic and committed Nigerians and we believe in the unity of the country. And we believe that for us to grow as a people, we need the support and cooperation of federal government, and that I’ve always stood for. So, going forward, I know 2023 will be better than 2022. And the level of development, we witnessed from 2020 to 2022 will be improved upon.
“And my people have seen a lot of thing. If you go to South East, in imo State for instance, we got approval of Mr. President, that has now enabling the government imo partnering with the Nigerian navy to dredge Oguta river to Orashi River to the sea, that is opening up that maritime route, then if there is a naval base, that we will now manage and control, pipelines vandalism, crude oil theft, and all forms of criminality that besieged that area for a very long time. And the crime is has gone down tremendously, since the Navel base was established.
“So I think we have hope for a better Nigeria. The road that we just completed that was commissioned by Mr. President, the Owerri to orlu, dualised expressway Mr. President has approved that Imo state government be refunded.
“The good news is every day I come to Mr. President, one positive approval or the other. So our people are happy, we’re committed, we’re happy, we have never had it so good. So and that is why I continue to tell you,that the party to beat in my state is APC.
