Akwa Ibom to integrate village youth leaders into state security system

Akwa Ibom State Governor Pastor Umo Eno has said that plans are underway to integrate village youth presidents into the state’s security architecture to tackle insecurity across the 2,200 villages in the state.
Addressing journalists at the Victor Attah International Airport on arrival from a two-day official visit outside the state, Eno said the decision is informed by the current security situation in Nigeria.
“The reason is simple. We must take security seriously as a state. We must be proactive. The security situation in the country demands that all state governors must be very proactive.”
“The village youth presidents live in the villages, and we have over 2,200 villages. They ...