[NEWS] SPECIAL TOWN HALL MEETING ON SECURITY BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS SET TO HOLD IN KATSINA STATE TODAY.

THE MEETING IS EXPECTED TO ADDRESS THE RECENT SPATE OF KIDNAPPING, BANDITRY AMONG OTHERS THAT HAS BEDEVILED THE STATE IN RECENT TIMES.

THE LAST TOWN HALL MEETING ON SECURITY WAS HELD IN GUSAU, ZAMFARA STATE, IN SEPTEMBER 2018 ON MEASURES TO CURB KILLINGS RESULTING FROM FARMERS-HERDERS CLASHES, CATTLE RUSTLING, TRANS-BORDER CRIMES AND BANDITRY, AMONG OTHERS.

THE MEETING WILL be ATTENDED BY MINISTERS OF INTERIOR, DEFENCE, POLICE AFFAIRS, MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, TOP SECURITY PERSONNEL AMONG OTHERS.