There are plans to establish special security offices across the states of the South West of Nigeria, the Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa, has disclosed.
The plan, he said, was one of the measures to put a stop to the state of insecurity in the South West.
Obasa made the disclosure on Friday during a meeting of the Conference of Speakers in the South West Zone held in Lagos.
The meeting was designed to find lasting solutions to the problem of insecurity in the South-West.
In his remarks to welcome his colleagues, Obasa, who is also the chairman of the Conference of Speakers of Nigeria, highlighted insecurity as one of the major problems confronting the South-West and added that the establishment of the offices would partly help solve the problem.
He also stressed the need for all the states in the region to be united in the battle against it.
“We are gathered here today to deliberate on South-West economic and socio-political integration for progress.
“We know the problems confronting us as a region which includes kidnapping, theft, arson and herdsmen attacks on our people.
“It has reached an alarming height and we need to beef up our internal security; all stakeholders in the region should collaborate to find lasting solutions to the hydra-headed security problems confronting us.”
Also speaking at the occasion, the Chairman, Conference of Speakers of South-West State Legislatures, Mr Bamidele Oleyelogun, emphasised the need for even development among the states in the region.
Oleyelogun is also the Speaker of Ondo State House of Assembly.
Said he: “We want peace and unity in South Western states and we had robust debate on what is to be done to move our zone forward.”
