As part of efforts to secure lives and property, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has procured and distributed 60 operational vehicles to security agencies domiciled in the territory.
City & Crime reports that police, armed forces, NSCDC and other paramilitary organisations, as well as the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) benefited from the gesture.
The Administration said state of the art security equipment will be installed in the vehicles, which will be centrally controlled to ensure efficient performance.
Speaking at a brief handover ceremony yesterday, the FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, said the intervention was to help improve the capacity of security agencies domiciled in the FCT, to optimally discharge their duties in the territory.
Bello added that each of the vehicles is backed by a three year maintenance contract and called on the beneficiaries to use them judiciously.
The minister also announced that the FCTA Security Council had approved the disbursement of N500 million to the six area councils for the commencement of the community policing scheme in the territory.
On his part, the Assistant Inspector General (AIG), in charge of Zone 7, Kayode Egbetokun, who represented the Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba Usman, assured that the police and other benefiting agencies would ensure judicious use of the vehicles.