By Ibrahim Kegbegbe
The Lekki Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Lagos State has started building a police post in the riverine area of Ise community to tackle kidnappings in the council.
Council chairman Mukadas Ogidan said the police post would give the people in various communities around the riverine area a sense of safety in the face of kidnapping threats.
Ogidan made this known while inaugurating 10 projects in the council.
He said the projects are meant to upgrade the standard of living of the residents.
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The council boss said there is need to keep the youth busy to keep them from taking to crime.
The council, Ogidan said, has started planting coconut seedlings in conformity to the idea of the state government to engage the youth.
“If the youth found something meaningful to do that fetched them income, they would think less of crime. That would make our communities to be secure,” he said.
He said the council is working hard to create an enabling environment for businesses to thrive.
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