IEDPU Charges Government On Security As It Concludes 55th Conference

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As the nation contends with mounting security challenges,the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union( IEDPU) has called on the Federal and Kwara State Government to pay greater attention to the security of lives and property of the citizens.

The Union made the call in a communique issued at the end of its 55th annual national conference, which held in Ilorin last weekend.

The communique, which was jointly signed by the Union’s National President, Alhaji Aliyu Otta Uthman, fsi,and its National Secretary, Prof. O Y. Abdul-hamid, expressed the concerns of the people of Ilorin Emirate to the increasing rate of criminality in many parts of the country, particularly in recent times, as it charged security agencies to be more strategic in countering the increasing sophistication of the criminals.

The Union also paid glowing tributes to the Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq,the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, CFR and the Sardaurna of Ilorin, Alhaji Umaru Saro as well as some ex-Presidents of the Union for ensuring the perfection of the legal rights of the people of Ilorin Emirate to the perpetual use of the Ilorin Yidi Praying Ground for the purpose it was built.

The communique appealed to the concerned authorities to put a stop to the indiscriminate location of Petrol and Gas Filling Stations in the residential parts of the traditional segments of Ilorin, which it said portend serious danger to the residents of such areas in case of accidents.

While thanking the Kwara State Government for the rehabilitation of schools and roads,the Union implored the government to up the game against drug addiction across Kwara State to protect the future of members of the younger generations who are most involved and affected,saying that the recent unprecedented looting of property in Ilorin could not be divorced from drug addiction among hoodlums.

The Union also called on the Federal Government to expedite actions on the completion of the Ogbomoso-Oyo segment of the Ibadan-Ilorin Expressroad and the location of a Federal College of Education in Ilorin EmirateFederal College of Education in Ilorin Emirate, adding that Kwara State remains the only State without such an institution of learning in Nigeria.

The communique similarly appealed to the management of the Nigeria Police to ensure that the proposed Police Secondary School, Ballah,takes off in the next academic session as it praised the government of Kwara State for its support to the institution.

The Union thanked the authorities of the Ilorin West Local Government for hosting the working session of the conference as it explained that the restriction of attendance at the opening ceremony of the conference was informed by the need to adhere strictly to the COVID-19 protocols with a view to halting further spread of the disease.

Abubakar Imam,
National Publicity Secretary,
Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union.

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