Coalition urges Katsina Govt to restore communication services

The Coalition of Funtua Civil Society Organizations, Funtua, Funtua Local Government,  Katsina State, has called on the state government to restore communication services to all parts of the state.

The call was contained in a statement jointly signed by its acting Chairman, Alhaji Umar Imam and Secretary-General, Rabi’u Umar-Maska and made available to the Newsmen in Abuja on Thursday.

“That the State Government as a matter of urgency should immediately emulate a similar action of both neighbouring states of Kaduna and Zamfara states and restore the network services.

“This is to reduce the sufferings and devastation that the communities presently suffer. That if the restriction of movement is anything helpful to the security operation, it should be adjusted to 10.00 pm.

“This is when the majority of the people completed their social and economic activities of the day.

“That the maltreatment of our people for using motorcycles by some police personnel should henceforth be stopped”, it said.

The coalition also called on the state government to provide more palliative measures to people in need of such intervention.

“This should be given particularly to youths who lost jobs and whose businesses crashed. This is to reduce the tendency of attracting them into crimes by the criminals.

“The Government should continue to strengthen the community policing and local vigilantes to work in harmony with the security agencies”, it said,