By Our Reporter
The governor of Kaduna State has said he did not know what would have happened in the state without the untiring effort of his Commissioner of Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan. The governor also stated that he commended Aruwan and his Ministry for a job well done in the face of security challenges confronting the state. The governor further pointed out the positive role that members of the intelligence community have been doing in the state.
According to him, “I know our State is not where it should be in terms of internal security but I do not want to even imagine how bad things would have been without the Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs so I want to recognise and commend Samuel for a job well done, and I want to also assure the SSS as well as all the other security agencies that we will not relent in continuing to support our Armed Forces, our Police, all the Paramilitary Agencies as well as the SSS.”
El-Rufai stated this in the course of the remarks he made at the second quarter 2021 meeting of the Directors of the State Commands of the Directorate of State Security (DSS) in the NorthWest, held in Kaduna on Thursday, 10th June 2021.
The governor also seized the occasion to explain why he established Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs as well as the reason he appointed Aruwan to head it.
He noted thus: “In our first term of office security management was under the Office of the Secretary to the State Government; this is the structure in most States of the Federation, but we found that the Secretary to the State Government is extremely busy. We created the Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs as a ministry in the Governor’s Office to coordinate internal security as well as provide support to the security agencies.
“Samuel (Aruwan) said I picked a journalist to do this job, (however) I did so not because he is a journalist but because I had seen in our first term of office, the energy he has, the number of informants he has across the State. As you know, journalists can either be reliable informants or rumour mongers, he happens to be one of those with reliable network of informants across the State. I am sure the energy that he has brought into his job, the support that he has given to the security agencies, including supplementing human intelligence on the ground on the activities of criminals, is well appreciated by all our security agencies.
“Samuel does not sleep, and this job is not for an old man, he is a young man. What we have seen with the Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs is that just getting a few dedicated people that are concerned about safety and security of our citizens and are willing to provide whatever support is needed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to the security agencies, can lead to major improvements.”
He also commended the SSS.
“I wish to commend the State Security Service for holding these meetings and developing a collective perspective, rather than operating in silos. This is what we have tried to encourage across our military and security agencies here in Kaduna State. It is one of the major mandates of our Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs. Your host director Alhaji Idris Koya has been a consistent advocate of interagency synergy and I wish to acknowledge his efforts and the hard work of the officers of the SSS here in Kaduna State,” he said.
El-Rufai acknowledged that Kaduna State has yet to see the end of the security challenges that have confronted it. However, he promised that his administration would not relent in its efforts to make the state a peaceful abode for all residents.
