By Joyce Remi – Babayeju
FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu has assured residents their safety during the Christmas season and New Year celebrations.
Aliyu gave the assurance at the monthly FCT Security Committee meeting which was held on Tuesday, 21st of December, 2021.
She discloses that the G7, (states contiguous to the FCT) were working in synergy to ensure a hitch free celebration in the nation’s capital and across the zone.
Also FCT Commissioner of Police Babaji Sunday disclosed that the FCT Police Command is collaborating with other security agencies to intensify security operations like raiding of identified black spots, increased night patrols and stop and search operations.
He said that such measures would ensure a hitch free yuletide celebration but urged residents to be security conscious and give useful information to the security agencies.
“We should be security conscious and help others to be security conscious. Know the places you go, the friends you keep and don’t about during late hours.”
The minister urged residents to observe all the NCDC non pharmaceutical measures such as hand washing facial coverings and physical distancing to reduce the increasing number of COVID-19 in the territory.
Meanwhile she also urged all business owners to make sure that their premises have hand sanitizers and other COVID-19 preventive items and also ensure the compliance of their customers and clients to extant measures or risk being shut down.
Onah of Abaji Dr Adamu Baba Yunusa pledged the support of the traditional institutions to the security and health agencies in the maintenance of security and prevention of the spread of COVID-19 during the yuletide period.
