Directors of the Department of State Service (DSS) in the Northeast have called for closer collaboration between security agencies and stakeholders to enhance the security network in the region.
They made the call on Thursday in Gombe at the 10th North-East conference of State Directors of the DSS.
The conference is being organized by the Service to enable the participants to strategize toward improving security in the region.
Mr. Hussaini Abdullahi, the DSS Director in Bauchi State, said that no security agency could effectively secure the nation without collaboration from other sister agencies.
“Whichever agency you belong to, whenever you feel that another agency will be of help, please feel free to request such assistance.
“For us, once such assistance comes, we should endeavor to assist one another.
“If we work as a team, we will achieve more results and better results with minimal stress.
“That is why I emphasize that we should always collaborate. That is what will take us to achieve success,” he said.
Mr. Abba Adams, DSS Director in Gombe State, said the conference was a solutions-oriented initiative of the DSS.
Adams said the aim is to bring together state directors of the service to brainstorm on the general security situation of their respective areas to find solutions to peculiar challenges in the region.
He said that at the end of the conference, participants were expected to produce workable solutions to the security challenges in the region.
The director listed some of the security threats in the region including insurgency; kidnapping, banditry, thuggery, pastoralists/farmers clash as well as youth restiveness.
He commended Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State for prioritizing the issues, noting that the state had been peaceful in spite of security challenges in the region.
Also, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Oqua Etim attributed the relative peace in the state to the collective efforts of all stakeholders,
Etim called for sustained efforts to maintain the prevailing peace in the stat