NUT PROTEST : WIKE WARNS AGAINST POLITICISING INSECURITY. (PHOTO).

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 NUT Protest : Wike Warns Against Politicising Insecurity The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has warned against politicising insecurity amid protests by the Nigeria Union of Teachers, FCT wing, over the killing and abduction of school staff and children in Oyo State. Teachers stormed the FCTA Secretariat in Abuja to condemn the killing of Michael Oyedokun and to demand the release of abducted pupils and teachers from Community High School, Ahoro-Esinle in Oriire Local Government Area. The FCT minister addressed the protesters on Tuesday, saying the federal government is on its toes working to secure the rescue of the schoolchildren and their teachers. Wike urged protesters to avoid turning the tragedy into a political issue and to give security efforts time to produce results. Chairman of the union in the FCT, Mr Abdullahi Shafa, explained that the nationwide solidarity protest was to condemn the killing of the teacher and abduction of the school chil...

COUNCIL APPROVES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BUREAU OF MISSING PERSONS.(PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE.



COUNCIL APPROVES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BUREAU OF MISSING PERSONS



Anambra State Executive Council (ANSEC) has approved the creation of a Bureau for Missing Persons in the Ministry of Justice.

The establishment of the Bureau is part of the interim recommendation earlier made by the Truth, Justice and Peace Commission (TJPC) in its Inception Report earlier submitted to Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo (CFR), Governor of Anambra State, on the 17th of February 2023.

The job of the Bureau is to trace cases of missing persons and coming up with the needed database to support Police investigations and eventual prosecution of suspects by the Ministry of Justice. 

Recall that on the 23rd of June 2022, Governor Soludo, pursuant to the Commission of  Inquiry Law of Anambra State, inaugurated the Truth, Justice and Peace Commission which has Professor Chidi Anselm Odinkalu as the chairman, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu as the secretary and Professor Sylvia Chike Ifemeje as one of its Commissioners.

The Commission’s Inception Report also recommended the following: 1. A whole-of-government strategy that locates atrocity violence within a public health framework.
2. Professionalization and effective coordination of vigilante services in the state. 3. Institutionalizing deliverables for the Ministry of Security and Homeland Affairs. 4. Establishing an Anambra Integrated Civic Surveillance System (ANICSS) and 5. 
Establishing an Anambra State Safety and Environmental Commission (ASSEC)

TJPC's initial terms of reference are: To identify the remote and immediate causes of the agitations, restiveness, violence and armed struggle in the Southeast since 1999; To document victims/circumstances of death, brutality and incarceration  as well as identify stakeholders and groups who have played critical roles in agitations and conflicts, their roles, capabilities and demands.

Lastly, the Commission is expected to address any other issue(s) that may be germane to unravelling the extent of the crisis and charting the roadmap for the future, and make recommendations for sustainable peace and security in Anambra State/Southeast. 

*SIR PAUL NWOSU*
Commissioner for Information
April 21, 2023


 

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