|Azogor Ideba| 16th, September 2017|
In a bid to
effectively check incessant breakdown of law and order and recurring security
challenges in border communities, the Cross River state House of Assembly would
soon introduce the ‘Cross River State Border Security & Protection Bill’.
The Cross
River State Assembly Speaker, Rt. Hon John Gaul Lebo who gave the hint recently
when he received a delegation of the Cross River state chapter of Police
Community Relations Committee in his office in calabar, stated that the bill
has become very expedient to help check security breaches in border communities
and to protect dwellers in these communities.
He said the
bill if passed into law would establish the Border Security & Protection
Agency that would ensure the operative implementation of the law and other
matters relating to border security and protection.
The speaker
who observed that security was a top priority in the Ayade administration said
that both homeland security and the yet to be established Border Security
outfits in collaboration with other security agencies would help to
significantly curtail insecurity and also enhance community policing in the
state.
“We
understand the importance of security in our individual and economic wellbeing.
That was why we enacted the Homeland security bill and still in pursuit of
security in the state, we will soon have a law that will establish border
security agency to help address insecurity in our border communities”, he said.
Earlier, the
leaders of the delegation of the PCRC Cross River State chapter Elder Ernest
Attah said the committee decided to visit the Speaker in view of its ongoing
security and awareness campaign in the state.
He solicited
the cooperation of the Assembly towards the programmes and activities of the
committee in the state.
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