Daruis Ishaku, Governor of Taraba State, on Monday said he visited President Muhammadu Buhari to seek security assistance for his state, following the withdrawal of soldiers that had been deployed there.
Addressing State House Correspondents after a meeting with Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the governor said the state needs “presidential directives to be able to enhance the security of the states.”
The governor also disclosed that the state will begin the implementation of its anti-grazing law from January 2018.
He said farmers and herdsmen were already being sensitized to see the necessity for the law.
According to Ishaku, “The state is quiet, calm. Our own anti-grazing law will come into effect next year January.
“Two panels were set up to sensitize the farmers and the herdsmen so that they both understand the benefits of the anti-grazing bill because I still believe for the herdsmen socially and economically, that is the best thing that will ever happen to them if we can consolidate on that.
“The awareness is improving each day and people are beginning to know that these laws are done in good faith and are done to secure lives and properties of the people. We are sure that there will be not much hindrance to its implementation.
“You know security is the sole prerogative of Mr. President, it is his assignment. We state governments rely on the federal government for the soldiers, the police and all the security agencies and therefore you need the presidential directives to be able to enhance the security of the states, particularly my state where some of the soldiers have been withdrawn to other areas in the country of which we will need them if possible to come back so that we will feel more secure and continue to live in peace.”
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