Fashola disclosed this on Thursday, 27 November, 2014, while
addressing police officers, businessmen and others, at the Eight Town
Hall meeting on security, themed, “Maintaining our collective resolve in
fighting crime,” held at the City Hall, Lagos Island axis of the state.
It would be recalled that there have been criticisms from the state government and the All Progressives Congress, APC on the SURE-P/FERMA task force for occupying the old toll gate axis of the state without observing due process.
The task force is expected to commence operation before the end of this year, 2014.
Speaking at the town hall meeting organised by the Lagos State
Security Trust Fund, LSSTF, Fashola lamented that the presence of the
SURE-P/FERMA task force without any Government official accounting for
their presence showed the laxity in the central government plan to fight
insurgency.
The governor said: “I have written to President Goodluck Jonathan and I want action to be taken immediately. This is because when you gather people like that, without any clear mandate, it is a worrisome assembly.
“And lately, they (SURE-P/FERMA taskforce) brought out their
responsibilities and they said that part of their responsibilities was
to manage the federal highways.
“And one would ask, what happens to the Federal Road Safety Corp, FRSC. They also claim that they would be controlling the erection of advert billboards. But that was a local government responsibility in the country.
“It is obvious that little regards is paid at the centre to the ‘broken window’ theory, a theory that propounds that small acts disrespect for the law, unaddressed over a long period will ultimately snowball and lead to a break-down of law and order.”
It would be recalled that there have been criticisms from the state government and the All Progressives Congress, APC on the SURE-P/FERMA task force for occupying the old toll gate axis of the state without observing due process.
The task force is expected to commence operation before the end of this year, 2014.
Governor Fashola.
The governor said: “I have written to President Goodluck Jonathan and I want action to be taken immediately. This is because when you gather people like that, without any clear mandate, it is a worrisome assembly.
FERME task force.
“And one would ask, what happens to the Federal Road Safety Corp, FRSC. They also claim that they would be controlling the erection of advert billboards. But that was a local government responsibility in the country.
“It is obvious that little regards is paid at the centre to the ‘broken window’ theory, a theory that propounds that small acts disrespect for the law, unaddressed over a long period will ultimately snowball and lead to a break-down of law and order.”
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