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Ayade Signs Homeland Security Bill, Eight Others Into Law

The Cross River State Governor, Mr Ben Ayade, has signed the Home-Land Safety and Security Services Bill 2016 and eight others into law. The others … Continue reading Ayade Signs Homeland Security Bill, Eight Others Into Law


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Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade (file)

Cross River, Ben AyadeThe Cross River State Governor, Mr Ben Ayade, has signed the Home-Land Safety and Security Services Bill 2016 and eight others into law.

The others include, the Primary Health Care, Environment and Carbon Emission, Equal Opportunity and Gender Based Discrimination Bills.

Other bills assented to by Governor Ayade are, the Greater Calabar Development Agency, Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) Amendment, Harmonized Levies and Roads Infrastructural Maintenance Development Laws.

Speaking at the signing ceremony at the Executive Chamber of the Governor’s Office in Calabar the State Capital, Ayade explained that the Cross River State Home-land Safety and Security Services Bill, code-named “Operation KBM” “is a response to the increasing social and security challenges of the present day society.

According to the Governor, the bill is aimed at providing neigbourhood watch, vigilante patrol and intelligence gathering, providing supportive information to the Police and also providing a real-time, on- time emergency intervention in locations and areas of physical security threats.

Speaking further, the governor said the philosophy behind the Home-land Security is based on the African culture and tradition of being “ones brother’s keeper”.

The governor also commended the Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, principal officers and other members for effective collaboration with the executive in churning out 23 bills since the inception of current administration.