The Federal Capital Territory Administration ( FCTA) has said that the ongoing construction of new police divisions project across the six Area Councils in Abuja was part of strategies to tackle the menace of kidnapping and other aspects of insecurity.
The Director, Department of Security Services of FCTA, Adamu Gwary who disclosed this yesterday when he toured the ongoing project sites, said that the Minister, Nyesom Wike was committed to ending the history of insecurity within the nation’s capital.
Gwary disclosed that out of the expected 12 new police divisions under construction according to the prototype approved by the Inspector General of Police, 11 were at 90 percent completion stage at various rural communities of Abuja.
He said that the FCT Minister has vowed to remain committed to the strategy of strengthening security at the grassroots through effective policing with well equipped facilities.
Gwary told journalists that the projects were part of a comprehensive grassroots security plan initiated by the minister to extend policing to underserved areas.
According to him, “When the Honourable Minister assumed office, he directed that all abandoned or underused town halls in the area councils should be converted into functional police stations.
“The idea is to take policing closer to the people, especially in vulnerable and remote communities where response time is slow.”
The concept, he said “is to end the era where officers live far away from their posts. Now, there will always be personnel on ground to respond to emergencies at any hour.”
A visit to some of the new divisional police stations at Tukashare and Saburi both in AMAC, Bako in Kwali, Yaba in Abaji, Giri in Gwagwalada, Ushafa in Bwari Area councils, showed significant progress in the ongoing construction.
At Saburi, in Abuja Municipal Area Council and other 5 sites visited , the projects, according to experts, were nearing completion with visible finishing works going on at the station block and adjoining residential quarters.
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