The Speaker Oyo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Adebo Ogundoyin said the state will benefit largely from the Agro-Rangers Unit of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC in its quest to address kidnapping, banditry, Fulani/Farmers crisis and other crimes in Oyo state.
Ogundoyin said the Agro-Rangers will also be useful in the resolve of the Oyo state Government through the House of Assembly to regulate the activities of Fulani/Herdsmen using the anti open rearing and grazing bill.
The Speaker said this when he received the new Commandant of the NSCDC just posted to Oyo stare Command, Iskilu Abiodun Akinsanya and the head of the Agro-rangers unit of the Corps in his office, who took over from Commandant John Oyedokun Adewoye.
The Speaker indicated that the NSCDC and other security agencies will be invited to contribute to the anti-open rearing and grazing bill before it is passed into law.
He assured that Oyo state Government will give necessary moral and logistics support to the Civil Defence Corps to enable its perform its duties well.
“We are well pleased with the activities of NSCDC in Oyo stare and particularly with the new unit, the Agro -Rangers which will help to protect both the farmers and the Fulanis who engage in lawful activities and this will really increase investment in agriculture and boost food security” the Speaker said.
In his response, the new Oyo state NSCDC Commandant who resumed duty three weeks ago said he came to relate himself with the leadership of the Oyo Assembly as well as inform the legislative arm of the Agro-Rangers who just concluded their training in Katsina state.
He explained that the officers had received training in different security fields especially in the modern day crime fighting, intelligence gathering and weapon handling and promised their readiness to help in further securing Oyo state.
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