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From Laide Raheem, Abeokuta
Ogun West Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola says he has facilitated ICT training on security for traditional rulers in the senatorial district to enhance their knowledge and equip them with the use of technology to track, monitor and report insecurity activities in their domains.
Adeola, who stated this at the opening session of the ICT training for 83 monarchs in Ogun West, held in Ilaro, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State, noted that the training had become imperative in the face of the rise in insecurity challenges in the country, hence, the need to equip the traditional rulers with necessary tools to fight insecurity in their respective communities.
Represented at the event by a former Commissioner in the state and leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun West, Ali Ajibode, the senator who is also the Senate Committee Chairman on Appropriations, added that the training would go a long way in assisting the traditional rulers to tackle all sorts of nefarious activities in their different communities, especially the killer herdsmen.
“All hands must be on deck to tackle any form of insecurity within our environment.
”There is a need to equip the traditional rulers with necessary tools to fight insecurity in their terrains and all sorts of nefarious activities in their different communities. That is the essence of this training,” Adeola stressed.
In his remarks, one of the resource persons, a security expert, Mr Adekunle Ilori, noted that it was important for the traditional rulers to deploy technology to tackle insecurity in their domains and not leave it wholly to the government.
Ilori urged them to embrace and install Close Circuit Television (CCTV), wireless surveillance cameras and drones in homes, strategic community entry points as well as exit gateways to keep tracks of the movement of strange people in their areas.
He added that going digital to combat the security challenges in the axis was achievable, advising the traditional rulers to leverage their well placed sons, daughters and goodwill to establish a Security Trust Fund for the zone.
The security expert explained that they could draw resources from such Funds to acquire the digital security gadgets to secure their domains.
In their separate responses while speaking to newsmen, the Olu of Ilaro and Paramount Ruler of Yewalanad, Oba Kehinde Olugbenle; the Olota of Ota, Oba Obalanlege Adeyemi and the Eselu of Iselu Kingdom, Oba Akintunde Akinyemi, lauded the initiative and the facilitator for the knowledge gained.
They assured that they would incorporate the security measures to safeguard their environments.
The highlight of the training was the distribution of laptops to all the 83 traditional rulers.
