Mkpoikana Udoma
Port Harcourt — State governors in the South-south geopolitical zone have resolved to set up a regional security outfit for the South-South region.
The governoes under the auspices of Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross Rivers, Edo and Delta, BRACED, made the resolution at a meeting in Asaba, Delta State.
Speaking, the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, said the BRACED Commission is the economic think-tank of the region, and would work out the details of the proposed security outfit.
Governor Udom also disclosed that the six Commissioners of Health from the South-South region have been mandated to discuss strategies to collectively combat lassa fever and the looming corona virus.
According to him, “We discussed the security of our region and resolved that there is an urgent need to have a regional security outfit for the South-South region.
“We have directed the Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross Rivers, Edo and Delta, BRACED, Commission, the economic think-tank of our region, to work out the details of the proposed security outfit and brief the governors on the details of the outfit at our next meeting which will be holding in Port Harcourt in May.
“We also resolved that the six Commissioners of Health from the South-South region should meet to discuss strategies to collectively combat Lassa Fever, as well as the region’s precautionary procedures against the Corona Virus.
“Once the passion is right, nothing is impossible.”