Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed with the new State Commissioner of Police, Umar Sanda, right, at the Government House, Bauchi
By Akanji Alowolodu, Bauchi
The newly posted Commissioner of Police to Bauchi State, Umar Sanda has been charged not to compromise issues of security in the state no matter who is concerned saying that effective security is not negotiable in the state.
He was also charged to provide effective policing across the state using community policing system by engaging traditional and community leaders who have adequate knowledge of their people and the terrain.
The charge was given by the State Governor, Sen Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir while receiving the new Police Commissioner who paid him a familiarization/courtesy visit at the Government House on Thursday stressing that the issue of security should not be trivialized by any means.
Bala Mohammed further charged the new Commissioner of Police to work with state government in addressing various forms of security challenges from across the state considering the terrain.
The Governor said that his administration is committed to providing all the needed support for the activities of security which he said must not be toyed with calling on the Commissioner not be influenced by self-centered personalities no matter his/her status.
The Governor also advised him to provide a platform for discussing critical security issue with the Divisional Police Officers who are more on the ground to enhance their operations.
The Commissioner of Police, Umar Sanda had earlier told the Governor that he was at the Government House to familiar with the Governor having been just transferred to the state.
He said that the Command will ensure that under his watch, crimes and criminality were reduced to the barest minimum stressing that the personnel will be adequately deployed.
Umar Sanda assured the Governor that the Command under his watch will work effectively with all stakeholders in the security sector in order to reed the state out of criminality stressing that security is everyone’s business.
