The Delta government has reiterated its commitment to ensuring improved peace and security in the state.
The Board Chairman of the Delta Security Trust Fund (DSSTF), Mr. Daniel Mayuku, stated this when he led members of the board and other top management of the agency to Lagos to study the modus operandi of the Lagos State Security Trust Fund.
Mayuku, in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Asaba, recalled that the state government, in order to effectively combat crime, inaugurated the board.
He reassured that the Delta State government was committed to ensuring that the security situation in the state was given all the needed attention in order to improve.
”The state government is putting all its security measures appropriately in place, and the Delta State Security Trust Fund is also being positioned to become fully operational in the state.
”This informed the decision to go on the working visit to the Lagos State Security Trust Fund to study the Modus Operandi of the agency.
”The working visit saw an elaborate indoor session of the Lagos State Security Trust Fund, and the team, led by the Executive Secretary of the Board, Dr. Abdurrazaq Balogun, did an expose of the operations of the board and successes recorded since its operations,” he said.
Mayuka also said that the Executive Secretary of the Lagos Trust Fund also expressed his desire to see that the Delta State Trust Fund excels.
According to him, the Lagos State Security Trust Fund attributed its success to the law establishing it.
He said that the visit also afforded the Lagos Trust Fund an opportunity to take the Delta team on an on-the-spot tour of some very successful security outfits with major material funding from the board, as well as a visit to corporate organisations relevant to the operations of the board.
Mayuku, who expressed satisfaction with the outcome of the visit, assured that the state government was poised to ensure maximum security for its citizens with the application of the workable ideas received from its Lagos counterpart.
He also assured that the wealth of knowledge gained from the visit would not be swept under the rug but would productively be utilized to improve the security agenda of the Gov. Sheriff Oborewori-led administration in the state.
On his part, the Executive Secretary of the Delta State Security Trust Fund, Mr. Sam Osasa, re-emphasized the commitment of the board and the management to the vital goal of establishing the board.
Osasa said, ”The visit was worth the while, and the experience garnered will be totally interpreted to ensure that it falls in line with the goal of the State Governor for the agency.”
He also harped on the need to strengthen the synergy between sister trust fund agencies in the country for such cross-fertilization of ideas.
The visit ended with the presentation of certificates, plaques, and souvenirs to the Delta team and vice versa. (NAN)
