The FCT Administration in collaboration with the security agencies have intensified surveillance around the city to guarantee the security and safety of residents as the nation prepares to mark the 61st Independence Anniversary on Oct. 1.
The Acting Director of FCTA Department of Security Services, Bello Abdulateef, made the disclosure during a tour of the city in preparation for the National Day activities, on Tuesday in Abuja.
Abdulateef also said that the Federal Road Safety Corps would inform the public on traffic and vehicular movement within the city during the National Day activities.
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He called on residents to be law abiding during the Independence Day festivities.
” The Federal Capital Territory Administration in collaboration with the security agencies have intensified surveillance around the city as part of efforts to remove criminals and guarantee the security and safety of residents,” he said.
Also, an Assistant Director in the Protocol Department, Chukwuma Nwaji, said that the decorations were carried out to promote a sense of national consciousness in FCT residents, as well as reiterate the importance of a united Nigeria.
Nwaji said the national symbols serve as very strong reminder of the essence of a virile and indivisible nation.
” Oct. 1st is like a national reminder, something that is instinctive and automatic in the minds of every Nigerian.
” So, the symbols promote that sense of nationhood and reminder of Nigeria’s greatness,” he said. (NAN)
