The Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, says the state government is ready to support people to assist the security agents in protecting their respective communities against attacks by bandits, kidnappers and other criminals.
He disclosed this at a Public Engagement, 2025 Citizens’ Budget Participation Process and the launching of a Community Development Programme in the Katsina zone, on Friday in Katsina.
The governor said, “We have come up with an initiative that for any community ready to depend on itself, we will give them necessary support and training to engage criminals before the arrival of the security agents.
“I went to a village, Tsamiyar-jino, where it took me two hours inside a Jeep before I reached the village from the main road.
“So, if bandits attack such areas, from the time you inform the security, it will take them over two hours before they can respond to the distress call.
“By then, whatever is going…