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Prince Victor Chibouyi Nwenyi, who is the State Commander of the Ebonyi State Neighbourhood Watch and also in charge of internal security, has applauded Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru’s diplomatic and tactical approach in tackling insecurity in the state.
Commander Nwenyi, who expressed his admiration for the governor’s performance in strategic peacebuilding over the past two years, observed that the moves are not far-fetched from ensuring the delivery of the governor’s charter of needs agenda, particularly in hitherto warring communities, in his words:
“Our rural areas, where there used to be crises before he came, have become very peaceful; people no longer have an interest in going to war, and that is because my governor always goes deep into solving the root cause of issues, and once he does that, the problem is settled.
“He has successfully used his diplomatic approach to stop the war in Ezillo, Izzi, and Effium. Instead of blaming anyone, he decided to create new autonomous communities, which is highly commendable, and considering his performance in the security of Ebonyi State, he deserves a second tenure.” Nwenyi said.
Nwenyi commended the governor’s ingenuity in ensuring that the street lights across the state capital are always active, saying that most of the crimes are being committed in dark places, but the security lights have been helping the security agencies in the state to do their jobs, which is commendable.
He applauded the governor for the provision of necessary equipment to aid the job and also noted his commitment to the welfare of security agencies in the state in timely payment of salaries and allowances, which has gone a long way to boost the morale of his men to reciprocate by hard work.
“His Excellency has been doing a great job to ensure the safety of the lives and properties of people in the state; he has ensured the provision of the necessary equipment we need, for example, the distribution of the Ijeoma patrol vehicles, among others. Ebonyi today is the most secured state in the southeast and even in Nigeria.” He boasted.
Commander Nwenyi equally praised the governor’s impacts in terms of human and capital development by engaging the youths in various meaningful empowerment schemes, which has drastically reduced idleness and the urge to commit crimes amongst them.
“His impacts on human and capital development are what people have not been paying attention to, but it has helped us so much in the security sector because an idle man, they say, is a devil’s workshop, but when you engage the youths, they will not have the time to be indulging in crime.
“Most crimes are committed by youths, but since he’s giving them a sense of belonging through several empowerment programmes, they have no reason to go into crime.
“His achievements so far are wonderful; in his people’s charter of needs agenda, security is the number one priority because it is only where there is peace that you will talk about development.” He added.