On Wednesday in Lafia, Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule handed out 42 operable vehicles to the state's various security organisations.
At the turning over event, the governor stated that the action was a part of the state government's ongoing support for security services.
He claims that providing security is one of his administration's top priorities, which is why he has kept providing vehicles to the security services in addition to other logistical help.
The Nigeria Police Force, Nigeria Army, Nigeria Air Force, Department of State Services, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Federal Road Safety Corps, and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency were among the security organisations he cited as having benefited from the help.
Others include unconventional security outfits – hunters and Vigilance group of Nigeria.
The governor said no support could be deemed to be too much, considering roles the security agencies were vested with especially in safeguarding the people of the state.
He explained that the donated vehicles were specially modelled for security operational purposes as they could access the hinterlands and other difficult terrains to combat insecurity in all nooks and crannies of the state.
Sule also extended same gesture to religious bodies such as the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Jama’atu Nasir Islam (JNI), as well as Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to improve their operational duties.
He noted that since assumption of office, his administration had so far distributed 129 vehicles and motorcycles to security agencies and other bodies.
Responding on behalf of the security agencies, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Adesina Soyemi, expressed gratitude to the governor for the gesture.
Soyemi, represented by a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr Shehu Nadada, promised to continue to do their jobs professionally to keep the state safe.
He also appealed to members of the public to always promptly volunteer useful information to security agencies to mitigate against incidents of crime and criminality in the state.