NCCSALW launches SALW advocacy for Security outfits in Yobe

The National Center for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) has launched an advocacy campaign and familiarization visit to security outfits in Yobe State.

The NCCSALW team, led by the newly appointed North East Zonal Director,Major General Abubakar Adamu (rtd), visited the Yobe State Police Command headquarters and the Department of State Security Services in Damaturu.

Major General Adamu emphasized the importance of collaboration between security agencies to address the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in the North East region and the country at large.Explained the NCCSALW office has six zonal offices across the country, with the North East region's headquarters in Maiduguri.

"NCCSALW has the legal mandate to destroy recovered arms and works closely with the police and other security agencies and the need for collaboration with security outfits to address the proliferation of small arms and light weapons.The police are critical collaborators in this effort.

"During prosecution, judges often don't make definitive pronouncements on the arms seized. NCCSALW requested that the police encourage judges to specify what should happen to the arms after prosecution",said  General Adamu.

The representative of the Yobe Police Commissioner,DSP Abdulkarim Musa Waziri, assured maximum cooperation from the police to reduce the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in the state.

On his part,the Director, Department of State Services , Yobe state Command Masiru Umar Safiyanu, also pledged support and collaboration with NCCSALW."Your selection to NCCSALW North East Zonal Center is deliberate as a kind of person who is equal to the task",said the SDS Yobe Command.

The NCCSALW's advocacy campaign and familiarization visit mark an important step in addressing the issue of small arms and light weapons proliferation in Yobe State.By working together,security agencies can effectively combat the problem and promote peace and stability in the region.