The South-West Governors’ Forum has implored the federal government to urgently begin a surveillance of forests across the region to secure the vast forest belts in the zone, which are fast becoming hideouts for criminals.
The Forum also asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to deploy Forest Guards across the South-West states, while each state government will be responsible for providing the required personnel.
The governors equally reiterated their position on the need for the immediate establishment of state police to beef up security in the whole nation.
The requests were contained in a communiqué issued after a meeting hosted by the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, in Ibadan, and attended by the Governors of Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Ekiti and Ondo states, as well as the Osun State Deputy Governor, who represented the governor.
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At the forum, they commended President Tinubu on the various economic reforms and developmental agenda ongoing in the country and his fight against insecurity, while lauding the swift response by the federal government to the spate of insecurity in the country, leading to the rescue of people abducted in Kwara and Niger states.
After a review of the worrisome trend of insecurity in the country, the governors decided to set up a South-West Security Trust Fund, which will be under the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission and be administered by Special Advisers on Security to all six governors.
The Forum also set up a joint security intelligence sharing and communication platform, with a live digital intelligence sharing platform amongst all the South-West states.
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