Governor of Anambra State, Charles Soludo says the Anambra State authorities has zero tolerance for miscreants, touts and criminals
The Governor additionally mentioned that safety, regulation and order are the precedence of his State.
The Governor acknowledged these on Tuesday after a closed-door assembly with Vice President, Kashim Shettima on the Presidential villa, Abuja.
Governor Soludo additional learn out the riot act warning that miscreants, criminals, and all touts concerned in extorting and expropriating harmless residents by means of unlawful income assortment ought to desist therefore they’ll face the total wrath of the regulation.
“Anambra is calm very calm and I can tell you it should be certainly one of the top three in terms of safety of lives and property”
“Security, law and order is our priority, we don’t condone touting. All these people collecting illegal revenue and trying to extort and expropriate from people innocently will be kicked out”
The Governor emphasised that Anambra is a house of commerce and the federal government won’t condone the harassment of residents by touts.
Soludo assured that the Anambra State authorities is able to prepare as many as these thinking about expertise acquisition and also will present Start-up funds for his or her take-off.
“Anambra is a state home of commerce and we don’t want people harassing others who come in and we have zero tolerance for that kind of miscreants. We have a message for them, if you need a job, just come out. We give you training and we have some start-up funds for you to begin afresh and take a new life.
“But if you choose to expropriate from others innocently then we have no room for that in Anambra state. So if you are a tout go else but if you are productive engagement, that’s Anambra, it is a home of enterprise not a home for lazy people who want to get something from nothing,” he added.
Over 600 individuals named to be touts had been arrested in several components of Onitsha and environs of Anambra State in a single week.
The State authorities says it’s in furtherance of the conflict in opposition to touting lately declared by the Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo through the current launching of an anti-tout squad often known as the State Anti-Touting Squad (SASA).
The arrested touts, numbering 600 and thirty 4 had been picked in several components of the state barely one week after the inauguration of the squad.
