Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun has signed the State Security Trust Fund Bill passed by the State House of Assembly into Law.
Abiodun signed the Bill into law after it was presented to him by the Speaker Olakunle Oluomo at the Governor’s office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta on Wednesday.
The Governor also signed into Law the Ogun State Road Maintenance Agency (Amendment) 2019 passed by the State Assembly, according to Kunle Somorin, his Chief Press Secretary to the Governor.
The passing of the Bill and signing into Law, the Ogun State Road Maintenance Agency (OGROMA), the deplorable township and rural roads in the State would soon begin to wear new look as the Agency swings into action.
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Abiodun resuscitated the agency to serve as a quick fix mechanism to address the deplorable condition of township and rural roads.
He also inaugurated the Committee of the Trust Fund headed by Mr. Bolaji Balogun to source for money for the acquisition and deployment of security equipment and such human materials and financial resources that would be necessary to prevent crime and preserve public peace.
The Committee is expected to also hold gifts, property and money for the purpose of crime prevention, mobilise funding and resources in Cash or kind from the public, private, corporate or institutional or all other sources and manage those resources in a transparent and accountable manner for the purpose of Public security.
The Committee is also to reserve part of the Fund for the training and retraining of security personnel, as well as do and perform other functions for the purpose of public security as contained in the State Security Law 2011as amended by the State Security Trust Fund Law, 2019.
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