Dapo Abiodun Assures Safer Ogun State, Bags NAOSRE Security Award

<p><em>Dapo Abiodun Assures Safer Ogun State<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the executive governor of Ogun State&comma; Prince Dapo Abiodun&comma; on Wednesday&comma; received the National Association of Online Security Reporters&comma; NAOSRE&comma; Excellence Security Award&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The governor was honoured for his economic programme which has engaged over 5000 youths across Ogun 20 local government areas&period; The youths have become agents of economic re-engineering as against being idle minds for insecurity and banditry&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Receiving the award in Abeokuta&comma; governor Abiodun thanked the Comrade Femi Oyewale led NAOSRE for considering him worthy of such an end-of-year honour&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He maintained that as a governor&comma; he places a premium on the security of life and property adding that the NAOSRE honour would further oxygenate him to do more&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I thank NAOSRE for this award&period; We did a background check on you and we discovered <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">NAOSRE<&sol;a> is a credible association&comma;” he said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Continuing&comma; the governor stressed that the safety of life and property in Ogun State is a cardinal objective which his administration is not prepared to compromise&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Security is very important to us&period; We will continue to engage our youths so that they would be productive&period; We have supported security agencies in different ways to be effective in their operations and we are glad about the results of our huge investment&comma;” Abiodun disclosed&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;While urging NAOSRE to take media ethics seriously and live above board&comma; he noted that the remarks by the Inspector General of Police describing Ogun as the safest in Nigeria is a testimony of his administration’s commitment to security&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Governor Abiodun who was represented by Alhaji Abdulwaheed Odusile&comma; the State Commissioner for Information and Strategy&comma; therefore&comma; advised investors to consider the gateway state as the first choice for their investments in Nigeria&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Earlier&comma; in his remarks&comma; NAOSRE President&comma; Comrade Femi Oyewale rationalized the compelling national interest that birthed the association and called for robust and harmonized relationship between security egg heads and the government&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Oyewale explained that until that is achieved&comma; the struggle against insecurity&comma; partly championed by NAOSRE&comma; might be slow in yielding the required results&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;