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…says a more radical approach should be adopted
Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Police Affairs, Hon Usman Kumo has advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to rely on executive briefs from service chiefs.
Kumo in a chat with TNG said the executive briefs don’t actually tell Mr President the true situation of things as the chiefs will always tell him they are on top of the situation.
The APC, Gombe Rep said once the president gets such executive summaries and they tell him that they are on top of the situation he feels comfortable with that.
“But I sincerely believe that he should adopt a more radical approach to the situation,” Kumo said.
He explained that” the information gathering structure has to be revisited involving the DSS, CID, Local Governments and the State Governors who understand their territories better than anybody.
“The Governors have a knowledge of their territories; claiming that it’s the Federal Government problem is not right so we need to get our priorities right.
“The Governors have a fair knowledge of their territories better than anybody so there’s need for them to be adequately involved.
“There is urgent need to key in the Governors in the fight against insecurity in the country.
“If you say there is no manpower why not employ the services of equipment using drones to hit at targets to get a meaningful result at the end of the day”.