By Adesina Wahab

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has expressed support for the bill that proposes the establishment of a National Paramilitary Academy, saying it will help train more personnel to fight insecurity in the country.

The Chairman, NANS, Ogun State Axis, Comrade Adeyemi Samson Ajasa, who stated this on Saturday, said the bill, being sponsored by a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Adekoya Adesegun, was in the right direction.

He therefore urged the National Assembly to give the bill accelerated consideration and passage.

“We like to acknowledge here that the said bill as proposed by Hon. Adekoya Adesegun is absolutely brilliant and its ultimate consideration for passge by the National Assembly will be of great reward to the nation at large, especially at this time when insecurity is confronting our dear country.

“The bill comprehensively and exhaustively spells out the many angles from which its due considerstion and diligent implementation will add imeasurable value to our nation.

“We are faced with the reality of persistently growing insecurity and commensurate increase in abuse/misuse of military/paramilitary privileges by contending forces in the nation.

“Now more than ever, we need to seek effective ways to grow outfits that are thoroughly schooled in the art of intelligent and civil discharge of security services to the Nigerian citizens as we see in more developed climes.

“Only if right engagement had been done, many issues which degenerated into crises in Nigeria would have been nipped in the bud.

“The bill brilliantly describes how the strategic siting of the proposed Paramilitary Academy in the Southwest will not only save the government the cost of building from the scratch, but also will bring a significant balance to the perceived marginalization of the Southwest and others regions asides the North in hosting federal academy for the various military schools.

“The economic cum social benefits derivable from the implementation of the said bill cannot also be overemphasized. Unemployment gap will also be significantly breached as jobs will be created.

“Paramilitary organizations including the Nigeria Immigration Service, Nigeria Customs Service, the Nigeria Correctional Service, Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, National Drug Law and Enforcement Agency and the Nigeria Federal Road Safety Commission; when brought under one roof, will form workable synergy, interconnect, and bond for inter-agency knowledge exchange purposes. This singular benefit as stated in the bill will go a long way in enhancing the effectiveness of the Nigerian law enforcement agencies.

“To this end, the student constituency from Ogun State express our trust in the potency of the bill and we give our full support in its favour. We therefore humbly charge the members of the National Assembly to throw their weight behind the sponsorship of the bill and see it to successful approval and eventual passage by both chambers and eventual assent by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” Ajasa said.