FG ASSURES FARMERS OF SECURITY SUPPORT.

The Federal Government has assured farmers of adequate security to return to their farmlands ahead of the rainy season to boost agricultural activities nationwide. 

The Minister of State for Defense, Bello Matawalle, while addressing journalists in Maradun, Zamafara, on Sunday, announced that forest guards have been deployed to secure farmlands and modern surveillance technology is being used to monitor and combat criminal activities.

Assuring that the government is taking all necessary steps to ensure farmers' safety and security across the country, Matawalle said the government also plans to develop indigenous defence and warfare systems to address security challenges, potentially supplying them to other countries. 

He, however, urged governors to provide logistics support, including accommodation, operational vehicles, and intelligence gathering, to assist in securing rural communities.

The Minister criticized some governors for engaging in blame games instead of supporting Federal Government efforts to address insecurity, stressing that security is everyone's responsibility, hence the need for the public to support President Bola Tinubu's combined military and non-military strategies to end criminality nationwide.

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