Oyo State Governor, Mr Seyi Makinde, said on Sunday that the governors of the South-West region had agreed to inaugurate a new security architecture in August.
Makinde, who was speaking at a special thanksgiving service in honour of his mother, Madam Abigail Makinde, at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Yemetu, Ibadan, said Oyo State would equally inaugurate a state-wide security system before his 100 days in office.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Taiwo Adisa, quoted the governor as saying that the governors of South-West states had been meeting to find a lasting solution to the security challenges in the region.
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He said, “I and other governors of the South-West have met on how to inaugurate a new security architecture before the end of August 2019. The first 100 days of this government will be on the 5th of September and before the 5th of September, we will inaugurate a new security architecture in Oyo State.”
Makinde was reacting to a section of the homily by the officiating clergy, Ven. Samuel Osungbeju, which harped on the rising waves of insecurity in the land.
The governor, who also took time to dwell on the four key pillars of his administration — security, health, education and economy — said his government would strengthen supervision and monitoring of the implementation of health and education policies.
According to him, the government would also direct energy in the way of job creation to ensure that the teeming population of jobless youths was taken care of.
Makinde said having cancelled the N3,000 education levy imposed on pupils by the immediate-past administration, his government would ensure strict monitoring of the improved monthly subvention which would soon be provided for the schools. [PUNCH]
