‘Kebbi not under siege’ — State govt counters claims of insecurity

Kebbi State Government has dismissed claims that the authorities is nether siege, insisting that ongoing information challenges bash not bespeak a illness of instrumentality and bid crossed the state.
Reacting to an nonfiction titled “Kebbi Under Siege: A Governor Without a Plan,” successful a connection issued connected Sunday by the Special Adviser connected Media and Publicity to the Governor, Yahaya Sarki, the authorities described the assertion arsenic exaggerated and inconsistent with realities connected the ground.

According to the statement, schools, markets and authorities institutions are functioning crossed the state, portion farming activities proceed successful galore communities.

The authorities besides rejected claims that Governor Nasir Idris lacks a information strategy, maintaining that information remains 1 of the administration’s apical priorities.

It stated that the authorities had provided much than 100 operational vehicles to information agencies and distributed implicit 3,000 motorcycles to vigilante groups and community-based information outfits to amended surveillance and accelerated effect operations.

The connection added that much than 3,000 section vigilantes had been recruited, trained and integrated into the state’s information architecture to fortify intellig...