RSG Task Force Goes Tough On Members
× RSG Task Force Goes Tough On Members By Nwibu Ann Kakui Metro 10 March 2021 Hits: 54
Information reaching National Network says the Rivers State Task Force on Illegal Markets, Street Trading and Motor Parks has shown determination to deal with erring members who collect bribe in the course of the work.
Information reaching National Network says the Rivers State Task Force on Illegal Markets, Street Trading and Motor Parks has shown determination to deal with erring members who collect bribe in the course of the work.
It was learnt the State Coordinator of the Task Force, DSP Felix Nwadibeyi, (retd), recently dealt with some members of the Task Force caught offending commercial drivers who allegedly also collected bribe of twenty thousand naira (N20,000).
What’s new? Coca crops have set record yields in Colombia since the 2016 peace accord with FARC guerrillas, persuading the government to expand its forced eradication campaign with the backing of U.S. authorities. Bogotá claims that eliminating the plant will reduce rural violence.
Why does it matter? Insecurity in Colombia’s countryside has steadily got worse in recent years as armed groups vie with one another and the military for supremacy. Enhanced eradication, and potentially aerial fumigation, could intensify violence by forcing farmers into the clutches of armed outfits, while failing to stop the replanting of coca.
What should be done? Colombia and the U.S., the lead outside backer of tough counter-narcotic policies in Latin America, should turn the page on using force against coca farmers in a bid to dent global cocaine supply. Boosting rural economies, forging ahead with crop substitution and avoiding clashes with cultivators would make for better policy.