Niger State Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago has posited that insecurity is being fueled by poverty and high level of illiteracy in the country
Bago stated this when he received a delegation of 13 members of syndicate 5, participating in the executive intelligence management course 18 of the National Institute for Security Studies, Abuja, on a course tour of the state.
While calling for deliberate and stronger measures in addressing poverty and illiteracy in the society, he said, “Poverty and illiteracy are the bane of insecurity”,
He therefore suggested that a more proactive measure to checkmate the ugly trend in the country be taken.
The governor described the decision of the institution to consider Niger State as one of their choices for the course tour as a good development as some parts of the state have been faced with insecurity
According to him, Niger State is putting in place many efforts to deliberately educate the people, for them to transit from poverty to sustainable livelihoods, using its enormous natural and human resources to achieve it.
The governor was optimistic that the findings by the syndicate would enable government at all levels to reshape their policies on security.
Leader of the delegation, R.A. Bolarinwa said the 13-member syndicate 5 is part of a larger class of 78 participants in the executive intelligence management course 18, spread across the country, with the course designed to equip strategic leaders in security with required knowledge to address the complex and dynamic security challenges in their various agencies.