By Ahmed Abubakar, Dutse
No fewer than 150,000 youths have been empowered through various programmes created to reduce poverty amongst the citizenry in Jigawa state, Governor Muhammed Badaru Abubakar has said.
Abubakar spoke on Thursday at the flag-off of a one day capacity building workshop organised for the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), held at the Sir Ahmadu Bello Hall in Dutse.
The action acccording to the governor has also reduced crime rates across the State.
The governor who spoke through his deputy, Mallam Umar Namadi said the present administration has increased the rate of rice production from the initial inherited average of 2.5 tonnes per a hectre to 6 tonnes per hectre in the state.
“The state government had rolled out various forms of poverty alleviation programmes to ensure the continued peace being experienced in the state”.
In his address, the deputy force PRO CSP Aremu Sikiru Adeniran explained that one of the objectives of creating PCRC was to Forster unity amongst the police and members of the community in crime prevention.
He added that the objective include periodic organization of seminars, workshops and conferences amongst others to empower members on crime preventions, strategies and intelligence gathering.
He said PCRC is partly responssible for the scouting of capable hands into the recruitment of constables and encourage qualified members of the community to seek for a career in the Nigeria police force.
