{"id":238343,"date":"2022-12-30T11:43:45","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T10:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=238343"},"modified":"2022-12-30T11:43:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T10:43:45","slug":"zamfara-govt-approves-recruitment-of-2000-anti-thuggery-personnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/12\/30\/zamfara-govt-approves-recruitment-of-2000-anti-thuggery-personnel\/","title":{"rendered":"Zamfara govt approves recruitment of 2,000 anti-thuggery personnel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zamfara State Government approved the recruitment of 2,000 persons into the state anti-thuggery outfit.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Bello Bakyasuwa, Chairman of the State Anti-thuggery Standing Committee, disclosed this on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The committee was established by the Governor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/12\/26\/gov-matawalle-mourns-max-air-ceo-bashir-mangal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bello Matawalle<\/a>, under Executive Order 2 to fight thuggery, drug abuse, and related crimes in the state.<\/p>\n<p>6,700 candidates\u2019 applications received comprising males and females seeking the job, and recruitment is going on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is part of the state government\u2019s commitment to expanding the activities of fighting against thuggery, drug abuse, and other related crimes across the 14 local government areas of the state\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImmediately after the recruitment, we are going to deploy the newly-recruited personnel to their respective LGAs,\u201d Bakyasuwa said<\/p>\n<p>The chairman reiterated the committee\u2019s zeal to get rid of thuggery, drug abuse, and other related crimes.<br \/>\nHe further went on to caution political parties against sponsoring youths into thuggery, drug abuse, and other related crimes in the state.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the committee would not allow anyone to cause unrest in the state in the name of politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I always say, the committee was established by the state government, not for political reasons but to enhance the security situation and ensure the protection of lives and properties of the citizens.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are not meant for political reasons or witch-hunting; we are mandated to complement the efforts of the government and security agencies in tackling the security challenges facing the state,\u201d Bakyasuwa added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zamfara State Government approved the recruitment of 2,000 persons into the state anti-thuggery outfit. Mr. Bello Bakyasuwa, Chairman of the State Anti-thuggery Standing Committee, disclosed this on Thursday. The committee was established by the Governor, Bello Matawalle, under Executive Order 2 to fight thuggery, drug abuse, and related crimes in the state. 6,700 candidates\u2019 applications [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":46240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"custom","single_blog_custom":"211693","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"single-left","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"floatbottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"0","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":{"override_bookmark_button":"0","override_show_bookmark_button":"0"},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[54011,1160,1232,933],"class_list":["post-238343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-anti-thuggery-personnel","tag-matawalle","tag-recruitment","tag-zamfara"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zamfara govt approves recruitment of 2,000 anti-thuggery personnel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/12\/30\/zamfara-govt-approves-recruitment-of-2000-anti-thuggery-personnel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zamfara govt approves recruitment of 2,000 anti-thuggery personnel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Zamfara State Government approved the recruitment of 2,000 persons into the state anti-thuggery outfit. 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