…As RRS Wins Best Anti-Crime
Police Squad in West Africa
The Lagos State Government has bagged an award as the best security and
most safety conscious State in Africa.
At the award ceremony held in Johannesburg, South Africa and put
together by the Security Watch Africa (SWA), the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of
Lagos State Police Command also emerged as the best anti-crime police squad in
West Africa, while the RRS Commander, ACP OlatunjiDisu took home the award of
the most outstanding police operational officer in West Africa.
The awards were presented to officials of the State Government at the
2016 lecture series of SWA organized in partnership with Security Institute for
Governance and Leadership in Africa (SIGLA) and the University of Stellenbosch,
South Africa.
The lecture, which had the theme: “Tackling Security Challenges in
Africa’s Land and Maritime Domains,” was well attended by security experts and
officials from across Africa.
Lagos State and its officials, according to organizers of the awards,
were honoured in recognition of the outstanding efforts and achievements in
securing residents, especially the massive improvement on security architecture
of the State.
While receiving the award for the State on behalf of Governor
AkinwunmiAmbode, Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Tunji Bello, thanked
the organizers for recognizing Lagos State, saying that it was gratifying to
note that the efforts of government on security were appreciated.
He said ever since emerging as Governor of Lagos State, Mr Ambode has
made safety and security one of the focal objectives of his administration as
he believes that there cannot be any development in the absence of security.
“I want to assure this gathering that Governor Ambode is very much
committed to the security of lives and property of the people of the State and
he is not tired of daily improving on the security situation in the State. The
Governor believes that businesses cannot thrive in an environment devoid of
safety and security, hence the massive efforts and initiatives geared toward
security,” Bello said.
On his part, RRS Commander, who took time to lecture the gathering on
the duties of the RRS, said being a unit of the Lagos State Police Command, the
Squad is responsible for robberies and emergencies like collapsed building and
other related situations.
He said the RRS is usually the first responders in emergency situation,
adding that the Unit was also blessed with highly dedicated officials who carry
out 24-hour job on a daily basis.
Speaking on the awards to RRS and to him, Disu said: “We like to
appreciate the awards given to us and this will surely go a long way in
motivating our men back home to know that everything they do is appreciated
because the belief of an average police man in Nigeria is that police job is a
thankless job and nobody appreciates what they do, but the awards will also
spur us to better serve the people,” the RRS Commander said.
Source: Lagos State
Government
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