Construction work commences at the proposed site of the National Institute of Domestic Security as Federal government begins to compensate owners and tenants of the acquired 46.8 hectares of land at Irogbo Ijesa,Osun State.
Addressing the 60 recipients of the 26 million naira compensation, the Minister of Interior , Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, stated that the institute will be used as a training facility for members of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Federal Fire Service, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, and Nigerian Correctional Service.
The institute, according to Mr. Aregbesola, who was represented by his special adviser, Dr. Bola Ilori, is an endeavour to ensure that paramilitary men are competent in carrying out their tasks to offer supplemental internal security and other ancillary functions within the nation.
The interior minister, a native of the historic Ijesa town, announced his donation of 11 million naira, which will be added to the 26 million naira paid out by the federal government as compensation for the crops grown on the newly acquired huge tract of land.
Dr. Shuaib Belgore, the permanent secretary of the interior ministry, who was represented by Mr. Peter Egbodo, director of joint services, dispelled rumours that the government had acquired the land primarily for other uses by stating that it was for the Domestic Security Institute.
“3 lots have already been approved for the project Lot/CS/04 Project Title/Description Consultancy services for preparation of working drawings/models and tender documents for the establishment of institute of domestic Security Category B: Works: for invitation to tender Lot/WS/02 Project Title/Description Construction of perimeter fenceat Institute of Domestic Security, llesa-Osun State Lot/WS/03 Project Title/Description Construction of buildings at Institute of domestic Security, llesa-Osun State.”
According to Dr. Belgore, the recipients should consider themselves fortunate considering the economic and social benefits that often result from locating such a capital-intensive project in any location.
Chief Idowu Korede, who is in charge of the project monitoring team, was grateful for the payment after his group went through the rigorous process of evaluating the cash crops and holding numerous meetings over several months with the owners and traditional leaders in the communities of Ajubu, Ikoromoja, and Irogbo.
Chief Korede paid tribute to Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, the interior minister. He was honoured for his outstanding leadership, which he described as unmatched, and the high level of patriotism he has been displaying toward Ijesaland. He also assured the recipients that they would all be treated fairly in the grand scheme of things.
He gave the assurance that the monitoring team would look into their cases in order to offer answers to individuals who have complaints about names or account details.
Speaking on behalf of other recipients, the Akoromoja of Ikoromoja's Oba Samuel Adekunle Adelola thanked the residents of the three Communities for maintaining calm throughout the evaluation periods and expressed happiness over what he called a dream realised.
Oba Adelola encouraged the federal government to give future recruitment operations extra consideration for land givers, especially their children.
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