Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina has said the worsening insecurity crisis in the country demands an end to apportioning of blame between the government and the citizens.
He insisted that security is everyone’s responsibility and must not be surrendered to the manipulations of criminals and street urchins.
Masari who made the observation at the commissioning of state the art, operational security tracking facility and communication center for security operatives located at the Police headquarters, Katsina, said the import of the center which was a brainchild of Katsina initiative should be extended as an awareness campaign to the rural communities, to ensure they defend themselves against banditry attacks.
He said ’’the era of trading accusations is over, we must consider security as our collective responsibility.
‘’Why are we surrendering our responsibilities to some people that are mindless, who kill and maim our people, the ideals of the Katsina initiative should be taken to the people to defend themselves.
‘’It is time for all of us to come out, these security operatives how many are they in number to effectively contain the bandits? It’s because we have failed to do what we are supposed to do that’s why we have overstretched the armed forces.’’
