The presidential candidate of New Nigerian People Party (NNPP), Engineer Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, said if elected into office in the 2023 election his govt will increases security personnel by 400 percent.
He made the disclosure while speaking to newsmen in Dutse, Jigawa state capital during his campaign visit on Saturday.
Engineer Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso explained that the numbers of Nigerian police, Military, Department of Security Service, Nigerian Civil and Security Defense Corps and all uniform personnel is not enough to contain the security challenges in Nigeria.
According to him “considering the Nigerian population and compared with the number of security, there is no way that they (security) can handle crime and criminal activities in country “.
“By God’s willing if i became the president, I will multiply the number of police, military, DSS civil defense etc by 400 percent”, he emphasis.
“Apart from providing enough security personnel, our is to also provide job opportunities to Nigerian youths and at the same time reduce the criminal activities by providing Job to those youth”.
Engineer Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso also assured to introduce Community Participation Reorientation Committee (CPRC).
In his words” in this new policy, we will make provision of providing some funds to every political ward to be taking care and maintaining all public facilities in their respective domains”.
“The committee members, will include traditional rulers and religious leaders, as well as wealthy individuals, CBOs, second popular political party head of the facilities eg school, hospital etc”.
“We did this in Kano when i was the governor of the state and it work perfectly and up to now it is there practicing it”.
He further promised to review the JAMB, NECO and WAEC fees, “as parts of his efforts to support and give opportunities to the poor families to further their education of tertiary institutions.
He continued, “I we will look for cancelling of the fees and if not possible, we will consider cutting the amount to be affordable to majority, and the few who can not pay for would be handled and paid by the government”.
Kwankwaso added that “Nigeria has enough resources to do that and even more than that. Our target is to run a common man friendly government”.
Speaking earlier at the occasion held in Dutse the Jigawa state capita, the NNPP gubernatorial candidate, Alhaji Aminu Ibrahim Ringim, called on the people of Jigawa state to vote for all the party’s candidates at all levels for positive change.
He said “the party’s manifesto contained all the need and aspiration of the common man”.
While speaking to party supporters during the event, Alhaji Aminu Ibrahim Ringim, said “we developed a blueprint where we take care of social, economic and infrastructural plans and policies to be implemented to solve the present insecurity, economic hardship in the country etc.
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