An All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant in next year’s Anambra State governorship election, Paul Chukwuma, has expressed concern over the rising insecurity in the state and accused Governor Chukwuma Soludo of neglecting security of the state.
Chukwuma, a former APC national auditor, particularly accused the state governor of not supporting the security agencies in the state with necessary logistics such as operational vehicles and modern communication gadgets to enable them improve on their security services.
The guber aspirant who spoke with newsmen yesterday in his Umueri home in Anambra East local government area of the state maintained that the insecurity situation in the state showed that the governor was not deploying the state’s security vote properly.
The state commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Mrs Chiamaka Nnake had while giving a breakdown of the state’s 2025 budget proposal of N607 billion submitted to the State House of Assembly by Soludo said that the state security vote for the current year is N17 billion and that the amount proposed for next year was increased to N25 billion.
Chukwuma told newsmen that the primary responsibility of the government is security of lives and property but decried that the incumbent administration in the state has failed in the responsibility saying that there is no evidence that the state police command, DSS, NSCDC, the military and other security agencies in the state were being supported by the government.
“We have not seen vehicles given to the police; nothing is being done. All we get are empty promises and big grammar. It is a shame,” he said.
He advised the governor to brace up to the challenges of redressing the prevailing security situation, particularly armed robbery, kidnapping, killings, maiming of unsuspecting citizens and other residents to encourage people of the state and their friends to return home to celebrate the Christmas and New Year festivities.