…FG Sets up C’ttee to fast-track presidential mandate on insecurity
By Mohammed Mohammed
The Federal Government has decried the alarming rate at which Nigerian youths now renounce their citizenship even as it urged the Citizenship and Business Departments of the Ministry of Interior in charge of expatriate quota to engage the youth in more productive ventures.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry Dr. Shuaib Belgore, who spoke on behalf of the Minister, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, said engaging the youths positively will dissuade them from looking for greener pastures outside the shores of Nigeria.
In a statement signed by Mr. Towoju Raphael on behalf of the Director of Press in the Ministry, she quoted the Permanent Secretary as decrying the rate at which young people now renounced their citizenship of Nigeria as alarming.
Belgore, therefore called on the members of the task force on the operationalization of the presidential deliverables to ensure they work with the citizenship and business department of the ministry that handle expatriate quota so as to engage the youths in more productive ventures that will dissuade them from looking for greener pastures outside the shores of the country.
The statement added that federal government has therefore announced the setting up of a task force on the operationalization of the presidential deliverables handed over to the Ministry to strengthen internal security of the country as envisioned by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Perm Sec, made the disclosure during a ministerial alignment meeting with the delivery team from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), led by Umaru Abu in the ministry on Thursday in Abuja.
He said the Committee which will be chaired by the Director, Planning Research and Statistics (PRS) in the Ministry, Mr. Kabiru Ayuba, will consist of the representatives of the four Services under the ministry and other relevant officers, would be inaugurated on Thursday 3rd June, 2021 and will work in the collaboration with the from Team OSGF to actualize the Presidential mandate signed to by the Minister with Mr. President.
The Minister assured that they would provide conducive atmosphere for the task force to carry out its assignment.
Among the Presidential deliverables given to the Minister to achieve from 2019 – 2023 includes: Development of a framework to ease tourist visa requirements, review the recruitment, deployment and training of personnel in the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (CSCDC), to optimize its contribution to National Security, implement a Correctional Service rehabilitation plan and work with relevant agencies towards the decongestion of the Nigerian Correctional Centers; Actively collaborate with the private sector to create a large number of well-paying jobs for Nigerian youths; Undertake conflict prevention and build peace through medication and mitigation measures and activities; Ensure timely processing of business permits for those coming to the country to establish business in Nigeria and the full automation of services in the ministry and its agencies.