The Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, on Monday inaugurated the ‘Bayelsa Volunteers’, a security outfit for the state headed by Chief Superintendent of Police, Emmanuel Asifu.
While inaugurating the heads of the various zone in Yenagoa, the state’s capital, Governor Dickson said: “nobody no matter how highly placed will be allowed to create instability nor will be allowed to flout the laws of the state and go scout free, certainly not under my watch”.
The government’s determination to make Bayelsa State a safe place informed the inauguration of the ‘Bayelsa Volunteers’, a body made up of youths and ex-cultists who have been charged to work with all recognised security organisations in the state by complementing their work in the provision of relevant information from the towns and villages.
Governor Dickson said that the recruitment and operations of the over 1,000 volunteer members would be community based.
The outfit, which will also include an additional 100 graduates, was also urged to ensure the eradication of cultism in the towns and villages of the state.
This outfit, apart from being a security outfit, is also a source of employment generation as the graduates will have a monthly salary of 25,000 Naira and 10,000 Naira for the other 1,000 members.