Governor of Anambra State, Charles Soludo, has disclosed that more personnel of the Nigerian Army will soon be deployed to the state to strengthen the fight against insecurity.
Soludo made this known in Awka on Friday during the third anniversary celebration of the Eighth Anambra House of Assembly.
He said a delegation of the Nigerian Army had visited the state to assess plans for the establishment of barracks to assist in the fight against criminality.
Soludo said the state was already winning the war against crime, as peace had returned to communities across the state with the support of President Bola Tinubu.
He noted that the Tinubu administration was doing a lot to combat insecurity across the country.
The governor commended the lawmakers for making laws that had helped the executive arm provide dividends of democracy to the people of the state.
He also praised those who, he said, laid the foundation for the country’s present democratic governance, noting that democracy remains the best form of government in the overall interest of the people.
Earlier in his address, the Speaker, Dr Somtochukwu Udeze, said the lawmakers would continue to make laws and pass resolutions that would positively impact the lives of the people.
Udeze said that irrespective of the divergent political affiliations of members of the Assembly, the progress and development of the state remained paramount.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a thanksgiving mass was also organised to mark the third anniversary of the Eighth Assembly.
Also speaking, the Commissioner for Information and Value Reformation, Dr Law Mefor, commended the healthy relationship between the legislative and executive arms of government, saying it had aided the delivery of good governance.
Mefor praised what he described as the speaker’s “specialised style” of leadership, which had fostered a harmonious relationship with members of other political parties.
The House Committee Chairman on Information, Mr Ejiofor Egwuatu, described the quality of laws made by the lawmakers as proof of the maturity of Anambra politicians.
Egwuatu urged the lawmakers to put citizens first in all their proceedings and diplomatically handle opposing issues whenever they arose.