NEDC trains 1,000 forest guards in Yobe, distributes relief materials
The North East Trend Commission (NEDC) has trained 1,000 forest guards in Yobe Tell, equipping them with abilities to offer protection to farmers from terrorist activities in farms and forests, particularly within the Sambisa and Sasawa forests. The Commission also dispensed food objects and water resistant mats to toughen the guards for the length of their operations.
Speaking at the gap of the coaching session in Damaturu, the Managing Director of the Commission, represented by the Tell’s Coordinator, Prof Ali Ibrahim Abbas, said the programme objectives to bolster security and prevent terrorist activities in farms and forests.
As fragment of the initiative, the NEDC supplied the guards 100 cartons of numerous pasta, 80 gallons of cooking oil, and 1,000 water resistant mats to make certain their effectively-being for the length of their assignments.
Abbas explained that the coaching at the origin centered 5 local councils inner the two forests, with plans to develop the initiative to the final 12 local councils within the inform. He also infamous that the Commission intends to coach extra forest guards to toughen security and safeguard farms and forests from Boko Haram insurgents and other prison activities.
The Special Adviser on Safety Issues to Governor Mai Mala Buni, Brigadier Neatly-liked Abdulsalam Dahiru (rtd), praised the Commission for its innovative advance to holding lives and property. He highlighted the collaboration between the federal and inform governments in employing forest guards to acquire the Sambisa and Sasawa forests and prevent assaults on farmers and pastoralists.
Dahiru also counseled the NEDC because the first Federal Authorities agency to toughen the inform in its fight in opposition to terrorism, acknowledging its interventions in training, infrastructure, and humanitarian sectors.
