The Law Maker representing Adavi/ Okehi Federal Constituency at the Green Chamber, Hon. (Engr.) Joseph Asuku Bello has called on the Federal Government, especially the Heads of Security Agencies, to check the activities of their personnel, particularly along major highways in Kogi State.
The honourable member expressed his concerns over frequent reports, fingering security operatives in allowing trucks loaded with cows and large numbers of people to enter Kogi State in breach of the interstate lockdown order and restrictions of movement as implemented by State Governments across the Country.
He is particularly worried that in crucial moments like this when His Excellency Governor Yahaya Adoza Bello is working round the clock in line with the directives of the Federal and State Governments to restrict movement across State borders in order to check the spiking of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Country, any contrary action of security agents at checkpoints especially the ones at interstate borders, is but counterproductive to efforts of Governments at containing the spread of the Corona Virus.
Rep. Asuku further observed that the activities of Security Agents in that regard, constitute a major threat to the public health and well being of the people of Kogi State, especially his constituents in Adavi/Okehi Federal Constituency, which hosts a good number of entry points into Kogi State.
While commending the efforts of the administration of Governor Yahaya Bello in the management of the novel COVID-19 health situation in Nigeria which make Kogi State one of the two states in the country that has no single cause of the disease, he urged the Security Agencies and Agents in the state to carry out their duties with due regards to integrity and professionalism in order to justify the confidence repose on them by the Government and people of the State.
He commended the effort of the SSAs on Security to the State Government, especially the ones in charge of his Constituency, for their proactive and timely response in their call of responsibilities.
Rep Asuku Bello further charged the people of Kogi State especially those of his Federal Constituency, to join hands in whichever way they could, with the State Government in the fight against the virus in particular and in other areas of governance in general.
