President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the deployment of advanced technology to tackle insecurity in the Southeast.
Imo state governor, Hope Uzodinma, revealed this to State House correspondents after meeting the president at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday.
Governor Uzodimma said he was at the State House to see Buhari to appeal to him to approve the tech deployment to enable the area deal effectively with the menace.
According to him, with the president’s approval, advanced surveillance equipment will soon be delivered to the region that will enhance the fight against insecurity without collateral damage.
The governor further said he was also at the seat of power to thank the president for what he has done for the region, including the recent conversion of the Federal Medical Centre Owerri to a University Teaching Hospital for the Federal University of Technology, and the approval that converted Alvan Ikoku College of Education to a Federal College of Education.
He said he came to visit the president on behalf of his people, adding that it was “also to thank him for the various supports he gave to us during this our period of security challenges and the support he’s also given to us in terms of the various approval.
He said, “The approval to convert Federal Medical Center Owerri to a university teaching hospital for the Federal University of Technology, the approval that converted Alvan Ikoku College of Education to a federal college of education.
“Only two weeks ago, Igbo that came home from Lagos and outside South East enjoyed the benefit of the Second Niger Bridge; something that is worthy of commendation.
“I also appealed to him for further support, to support us with some technological deployments; we have planned to be able to do an advanced kind of security control in the South East. And he has also given his approval to that.
“And in a moment from now, we’ll be getting some surveillance equipment and some modern technologies that will help us manage security so that we can fight crime with little or no collateral damage to the environment.”
