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December 31, 2020
No fewer than 554 Katsina State youths have been trained as Special Police Constables, as part of measures to enhance community policing.
The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Sanusi Buba, disclosed this on Wednesday in Katsina in a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah.
The CP urged the newly trained special constables to be upright, disciplined and dedicated to their duties.
He said that they would be posted to their respective communities to assist in reducing crime.
He urged them to follow the rudiments of the training they received as they have the full powers and privileges of police officers.
Lalong signs anti-land grabbing, kidnapping bill into law
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Gov Simon Lalong of Plateau state
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau has signed the anti-land grabbing, kidnapping and cultism bill recently passed by the House of Assembly into law.
Assenting to the bill on Thursday in Jos, Lalong said it would address unlawful land grabbing, rising spate of kidnapping, cultism and other violent crimes in the state.
“The anti-kidnapping, anti-land grabbing, cultism and other anti-violence related matters law is due because of the increase in kidnapping and other violent crimes in the state.
“As a responsible government, we cannot fold our arms and watch our people terrorised by criminals, who are clearly out to cause mayhem.
By Polycarp Auta
Jos, Dec. 24, 2020 Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has signed the Anti-land grabbing, kidnapping and cultism bill recently passed by the House of Assembly into law.
Assenting to the bill on Thursday in Jos, Lalong said it would address unlawful land grabbing, rising spate of kidnapping, cultism and other violent crimes in the state.
“The anti-kidnapping, anti-land grabbing, cultism and other anti-violence related matters law is due because of the increase in kidnapping and other violent crimes in the state.
“As a responsible government, we cannot fold our arms and watch our people terrorised by criminals, who are clearly out to cause mayhem.
The Supreme Court has said the general category vacancies in public employment is open to allincluding aspirants belonging to reserved categories like other backward classes (OBCs) and Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). A bench comprising justices U U Lalit, Ravindra Bhat and Hrishikesh Roy said that disallowing meritorious candidates of reserved categories to migrate and get selected under general category would amount to communal reservation. The principle that candidates belonging to any of the vertical reservation categories are entitled to be selected in Open or General Category is well settled. It is also well accepted that if such candidates belonging to reserved categories are entitled to be selected on the basis of their own merit, their selection cannot be counted against the quota reserved for the categories for vertical reservation that they belong, Justice Lalit, who wrote for himself and Justice Roy, said.