The Governor of Taraba State, Dr Agbu Kefas, on Thursday reaffirmed his administration’s unwavering dedication to combating violent extremism and curbing terrorism financing, to foster a peaceable atmosphere conducive to improvement.
Kefas made this recognized in Jalingo, the state capital, throughout a two-day workshop organised by the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre with the help of the GIABA-ECOWAS Fee.
The workshop, geared toward enhancing the capability of safety businesses and neighborhood networks within the early detection, reporting, prevention, and proactive response to violent extremism and terrorism financing, gathered key stakeholders from throughout the state.
Talking by means of the Chief of Workers, Authorities Home Administration, Dr Jeji Williams emphasised that his administration would proceed to accentuate efforts to deal with the evolving challenges of insecurity within the state.
He urged contributors to completely interact with the workshop’s classes, highlighting the significance of their contributions in offering the essential neighborhood suggestions wanted to successfully counter these threats.
He counseled CISLAC and the GIABA-ECOWAS Fee for his or her proactive steps in elevating consciousness amongst communities in Taraba State in regards to the risks of terrorism financing, including that the menace has plagued society for a while and requires a collective effort to deal with successfully.
In his opening remarks, CISLAC Mission Supervisor, Mr Jimoh Abubakar, outlined the targets of the workshop, emphasising the necessity for grassroots and community-level discussions on countering terrorism financing.
Jimoh identified that terrorism financing usually happens unnoticed inside communities, undermining peace and safety not solely in Taraba State however throughout Nigeria.
The challenge supervisor defined that the challenge goals to equip stakeholders with the required data to grasp the operations of terrorism financing on the neighborhood stage and to plot lasting methods to fight it.
Our correspondent experiences that contributors on the workshop included representatives from conventional establishments, the Division of State Providers, the Nigeria Police Drive, the Nigeria Safety and Civil Defence Corps, the Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company, the Vigilante Group of Nigeria, in addition to ladies’s teams, youth organisations, and civil society organisations inside Taraba State.